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| image_skyline            = Rifugio Rosalba.jpg
| official_name            = Refuge Rosalba
| settlement_type          = Refuge
| native_name              = {{lang-it| Rifugio Rosalba}}
| native_name_lang         = IT
| established_date         = 1906
| established_title        = Founded
| coordinates              = {{coord| 	45|55|20.17|N|9|22|34|E}}
| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = {{flag|Italy}}
}}
The '' 'Rifugio Rosalba' '', located at 1730 m [[Sea level|slm]], is a [[alpine refuge]] located at the base of the Segantini ridge on the Southern Grigna, also known as [[Grignetta]], between Val Monastero and Val Scarettone, in the [[Bergamasque Prealps|Orobie Prealps]].<ref>[https://www.rifugi.lombardia.it/lecco/mandello-del-lario/rifugio-rosalba.html Rifugio Rosalba, Rifugi di Lombardia]</ref>

== History ==
The usefulness of having a refuge at the foot of the Segantini ridge was born in the early 1900s, to have a support point during the descent. Giovanni Alfieri designs a small structure entirely in wood and builds it in the garden of his villa. Later it is disassembled, carried on the shoulder and reassembled on the Pertusio hill. It was inaugurated on July 15, 1906 and owes its name to the donor's daughter, Rosalba.

The refuge sees various expansion and improvement interventions: in 1921 the first works that lead to an external coating of sheet metal and zinc; in 1955 the current masonry structure was built and in 1983 the old building was dismantled.<ref>{{cite book|title=Ornella Gnecchi, Rifugi lecchesi - itinerari e storia, 2000, Casa Editrice Stefanoni, Lecco, p. 26-29|isbn= 9-788888-429465}} </ref>

In 1923, on the occasion of the celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the CAI section of Milan, the connecting path between the Rosalba refuge and the Carlo Porta refuge was inaugurated, on the Resinelli floors.

== Logins ==
From the Resinelli Plans:
* path n. 8: Direttissima - from the Carlo Porta refuge
* path n. 9: delle Foppe - departure from the Alippi restaurant
From Mandello del Lario
* path n. 12: Mandello del Lario - Maggiana (or alternatively Rongio) - Colonghei - Rosalba refuge
* path n. 13: Mandello del Lario - Rongio - Rosalba refuge
* path n. 13B: Rongio - Zucco di Manavello - Rosalba refuge (only for expert climbers)
* path n. 14: Rongio - Elisa refuge - Scarettone valley - Rosalba refuge

All the trails are demanding and to be tackled with extreme caution.

In 1923, on the occasion of the celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the CAI section of Milan, the connecting path between the Rosalba refuge and the Carlo Porta refuge was inaugurated, on the Resinelli floors.

== Curiosity ==
The Rosalba refuge has always been a very popular destination due to its location in the heart of the Grignetta stone garden. Among the guests of the refuge we remember the presence of the writer Dino Buzzati, on 22 October 1923, who spent two nights there ''like those you dream of when you are far away from the mountains''.<ref>[Ornella Gnecchi, Rifugi lecchesi - itinerari e storia, 2000, Casa Editrice Stefanoni, Lecco, p. 28, ISBN = 9-788888-429465]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
[[Category:Lake Como Refuges]]
[[Category:Mountain huts in Lombardy]]
[[Category:Mountain huts in the Alps]]