The Castellaccio Hut is located on a hill between the two dams that limit the Montespluga Lake (see picture below). It is easily accessible from the main road no. 36.

Just beyond the Stuetta Hut and with the dams at sight, on the left hand there is an unpaved road going up to the guardian's house.
The car can be left there and keeping the left the hut is not far.
It is also possible to reach it directly from the main road and the passage over the dams, if the gate on the road is open.

The old Roman route Cardinello, that is the old road to the Spluga Pass, is still accessible.
Isola (1260mt), a village accessible keeping the left hand from the main road no. 36 in Campodolcino or further on in Pianazzo, could be the starting point.
There is an unpaved road that starts in Isola (sign C 18), goes along a torrent and after the Enel power plant leads to Torni (1351mt)
The road becomes then a path and goes on to the Liro Valley: the most beautiful part of the itinerary starts after a turn to the right.
In some parts the path has been hollowed out in the rocks and is high up above the valley floor, where the torrent flows.
After the narrow Gole del Cardinello, the dams are very close and the hut as well.
Time: 1:45 hours.

EXCURSIONS STARTING FROM THE HUT: to the Stuetta Hut (1870mt) in 0:15 hour to the Bertacchi Hut (2196mt) across the Andossi in 2 hours to the Cecchini Bivouac (2740mt) across the Schisarolo Valley (path C17) in 3 hours to the Suretta Bivouac (2748mt) in 3 hours	Altitude: 1932mt Group: Val Chiavenna Location: Lake Montespluga Municipality: Madesimo - SO Kompass Map: 92 - A1 Manager: Gruppo Guide Alpine Manager's phone: 0343 35068 Hut Phone: - Beds: 17 Open: upon request of the key
Sorry, your browser doesn't support Java(tm). Picture of the hut The Montespluga Lake with snow in winter The main road that goes over Spluga Pass

English translation by Manuela Sabatti