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Rifugio Viperella is a meeting place that organizes mountain activities at any time of year.
The venue is very close to the road, and to the parking spot of Campo Staffi. In fact it's not a ski cabin, but the starting and meeting point for many sports, leisure, and cultural activities.
It offers several beds, also in separate buildings right next to the venue, and two small spaces (reserved to its members), one of which is enclosed, with some places, for eating meals.
The membership fee to benefit from the services is very small: almost 3 euros per year.
Among the activities proposed are hiking, climbing, mountain bike, orienteering, trekking, survival courses, drift trike, snowscoot, snowbike, snowboard, skiing, snowshoeing, freeride, archery, cultural events, tasting of local products, cooking classes… and meetings with children regarding the raptors, with the hawk Lola, mascot of the hut, as a special guest…
The cuisine
The cuisine is one of the strong points of Rifugio Viperella.
It serves always seasonal dishes. Thus the menù vary according to the seasonal products.
Anyway, meats are always present: there are many kinds of beef, both local and foreign, served on a lave stone and many other specialties.
The cuisine is traditional but reinvented.
The landlord Mauro, in charge of the service, says jokingly that he is slow, but he does everything to make people smile.
Lola the mascot
The mascot (and the symbol) of the hut is Lola, a Harris hawk.
Approach
From Rome take the highway A1 (Roma-Napoli) toward Napoli and exit at Anagni/Fiuggi. Then take the junction to Fiuggi, and follow the signs to Piglio (that is, after almost 15 Km, turn left taking Contrada Casalotto road). Cross the village of Piglio and continue on the SP 20 road toward Altipiani di Arcinazzo. Pass Altipiani di Arcinazzo and take the SP 28 road toward Filettino. Cross Filettino and take the SP 30 road toward Capistrello and Avezzano. After less than 20 Km you are at Passo Serra Sant’Antonio, right on the border with the region of Abruzzo, recognizable by a big tourist sign with the inscription "Benvenuti nel Parco Regionale dei Monti Simbruini". Once there, turn left taking the little road which ends at Campo Staffi, where you can park your vehicle.
From L’Aquila, take the highway A24 and exit at Avezzano. Then follow the signs to Capistrello. Passed Capistrello, take the SP 30 road toward Filettino. once at Passo Serra Sant’Antonio, right on the border with the region Lazio, recognizable by a big tourist sign with the inscription "Benvenuti nel Parco Regionale dei Monti Simbruini", turn right taking the little road which ends at Campo Staffi, where you can park your vehicle.
