Managed directly by the Mestre Section of CAI, through its willing members, equipped with a room for didactic use with equipment that makes conferences and naturalistic courses possible (projector, overhead projector, etc.), it constitutes the preferred support base for the ascent to Antelao.
It is a stopping point for the walkers of the Dolomites High Routes n. 4 and 5 and of the Marmarole Runde.
Inaugurated in 1913 as a military barracks, it was named after Lieutenant Pietro Galassi. In 1928 the barracks were abandoned and then given to the management of the Pieve di Cadore section of the CAI, which ran it until 1933.
In 1937 it was returned to the military authority and in 1950 it was entrusted to the section of the CAI of Mestre that gave it in management to the couple Moretti - Zugliani until 1960. The refuge was restored twice, in 1967 and in 1973.
How to get there:
- from San Vito di Cadore, 1010 m, by carriage road to shelter Scottèr, 1580 m, 1.00 hours (possibility of shuttle bus), from the parking lot with path no. 229, to path no. 227 and to the right to Forcella Piccola, 2120 m, and shortly to the refuge 1.45 hours
- from Calalzo di Cadore 806 m by carriageway (which can be covered by off-road vehicles or by shuttle bus) to shelter Capanna degli Alpini, 1395 m, 1.00 hours E. from the Capanna by path 255 to the upper Val d'Óten 1.45 - 2.00 hours E.
