Altitude: 3,740 m
Location: Colle del Cors
Sleeping places: 6
Open: always open
from Valpelline:
Difficulty: PD
Trail sign: no
Ascent: 3h from Biv. Tête des Roeses
from Valtournenche:
Difficulty: D
Trail sign: no
Ascent: 5h from Bivouac Balestreri
Coordinates UTM - WGS84: EAST 391694
Coordinates UTM- WGS84: NORTH 5089502

The bivouac, inaugurated in 1994, is dedicated to the memory of Achille Ratti who became Pope Pius XI (from 1922 to 1939). The mountaineer Pope in 1889 was the protagonist of the first Italian ascent of Monte Rosa starting from Macugnaga, reaching Punta Dufour and descending to Zermatt.