PNRC refuge
Carrozzu refuge
Tucked into the forest at 1,270 m, Carrozzu closes stage 2 just before one of the GR20's signature passages: the Spasimata footbridge and slabs.
Essentials
The essentials
Key facts
- Altitude · 1,270 m
- Distance · km 19 from Calenzana
- On the trail · Between Ortu di u Piobbu and Ascu Stagnu
- Capacity · 36 beds + tent pitches
- Coordinates · 42.4263, 8.9005
- Management · PNRC · staffed refuge
Book this refuge
Bedding: dorm bunk, PNRC tent or bivouac (subject to availability).
Booking is compulsory on the Park's official system, by date and place. Refuges are staffed from 16 May to 4 October 2026.
A sleeping bag is required (no blankets provided); meals are ordered from the warden, not online.
On the ground
The refuge on the ground
Perched above the valley, its washrooms run on solar power and meals are served. It's the last real comfort stop before the exposed climb to Haut-Asco, tackled early the next morning.
Just past the refuge, the Spasimata footbridge crosses the torrent some fifteen metres above the polished slabs — spectacular, but slippery in the wet.
Facilities — indicative, confirm with the warden
Our traverse
Our night here
We slept here at the end of day 2, on 19 August 2025. Coming in from Ortu di u Piobbu, we heard the water before we saw the refuge: that sound of the river became almost a promise — drop the pack, drink something cool, finally come out of the descent's permanent alert mode. The end-of-stage beer had that special taste of days that were truly earned, and I went down to the natural pools for a quick bit of laundry. A short but precious moment: the air changes fast here, and the chill sets in within minutes.
Our night under the tent was spent in a forest that holds the damp: at dawn everything was soaked, the flysheet covered in dew. But the previous day's mist had gone, the sky was opening up, and we left at 07h56 for the Spasimata with full bottles — there is no reliable water before Haut-Asco.
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