Il Bivacco Capanne di Badignana

A cosy and peaceful bivouac for hikers...

In the upper valley of torrent Parma, at the foot of the main Apennine ridge and surrounded by a natural landscape with Alpine features, Cento Laghi Park renovated (in the years 2000 and 2008) an old shelter for shepherds, recovering the interiors and transforming it into a cosy and peaceful bivouac for hikers. It is a "managed" bivouac: therefore, in order to use it, it is necessary to make a reservation and pay a management contribution fee (covering the cost of premises cleaning and maintenance).

The management has been entrusted to Cooperativa Lago Scuro - Corniglio (PR) until 31st December 2011.

Capanne di Badignana

At about 1,480 meters of altitude, at the edges of a precious peat bog, there is "Capanne di Badignana", one of the most beautiful laps of the upper Val Parma.
Surrounded by a characteristic high-mountain landscape with wetlands and grazing lands alternating with beech tree forests, this bivouac is the ideal destination if you want to spend the night near the ridge.

Born as a shelter for the shepherds who used to lead the flocks to these places for the summer grazing, Capanne currently house not only a shelter for the shepherd and a stable for the sheep, but also a bivouac with four beds and toilets, wood-burning stove, running water - not fit for drinking - and electric light obtained from solar panels.
Situated exactly at the crossroads between trails CAI 709 and 721, the bivouac is the ideal stop if you are walking along "Sentiero delle zone umide" (The Wetland Trail), a long itinerary which, by crossing glacial lakes, peat bogs, and brooks, ideally connects Cento Laghi Regional Park (Val Cedra) with the area of Parma in Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park (Val Parma).

Access and Prices

Booking required. You can collect the keys from the manager on the day of the arrival, by signing a register and providing the data of an identity document; you will give the keys back when you leave. During the winter, the manager might suspend the running water supply in order to avoid serious damages to the piping system.

• The required management contribution fee to use the bivouac is 20 Euros per night.
• The bivouac is open all year round and can welcome 4 persons in two bunk beds.

BivyPass Keyboard, to Go in without Keys!

The reservation box below gives you the opportunity to make the online reservation for this bivouac a few weeks, months, or even minutes in advance before your arrival. After making your reservation, you will receive via e-mail the Bivycode you will have to key in the keyboard in order to unlock the door of the bivouac at any time from noon of the day you have made the reservation for to noon of the following day, with no need to collect the keys from the manager or to give him the keys back (further info on www.bivypass.com).