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| Sport | mountaineering |
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| Category | amateur athletic association |
| Abbreviation | (CAI) |
| Founded | 1863 (1863) inTurin |
| Regional affiliation | 512 sections |
| Headquarters | Milan |
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TheClub Alpino Italiano is the senior Italianalpine club which stagesclimbing competitions, operatesalpine huts, marks and maintains paths, and is active in protecting the Alpineenvironment.
It was founded inTurin in 1863 by the then finance minister, and mountaineer,Quintino Sella; together with theSwiss Alpine Club, founded in the same year, it is the second-oldest Alpine Club in the world, only preceded by theBritish Alpine Club. AfterFirst World War and theannexation of Trento andTrieste to Italy, it absorbed the "Società degli Alpinisti Tridentini" and the "Società Alpina delle Giulie". As of 2020, it had 306.255 members, 512 sections and 316 sub-sections;[1] the greatest numbers of members came fromLombardy (88,057),Veneto (54,948), andPiedmont (51,396).[2][3]
Its most famous achievement is the1954 Italian Karakoram expedition to K2 that made the first successful ascent ofK2.
The CAI operates 388mountain huts, 251bivouacs and 118 smaller huts and shelters throughout theItalian Alps, for an overall capacity of over 23,500 beds.[4]
Among many other publications the Club Alpino Italiano, along withTouring Club Italiano, published between 1908 and 2013 theGuida dei Monti d'Italia (in EnglishGuidebook to the Italian mountains), a series of guidebooks covering all the mountain ranges of Italy.
Italian military troops adopted a grey-green uniform during World War I. Luigi Brioschi, president of the Milanese section of the C.A.I. (Italian Alpine Club) in 1905 introduced a combat uniform more suitable for a modern war, replacing the showy uniforms of the Royal Sardinian Army. Brioschi demonstrated that the grey uniforms were less visible by opponent snipers, therefore, the project was financed.
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