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Via ferrata de la Videmanette 3 Le Rubli 2284 m

  • Difficulty
    K5-
  • Ascent
    1:30 h, 180 m
  • Mountain Experience
    2 / 4
  • Power
    4 / 4
  • Endurance
    2 / 4
  • Psyche
    3 / 4

We sat at the train station in Rougemont and waited for the train to Gstaad. We were a bit tired and very happy. We had made the climb through the west wall of the Rubli, slightly chilled from entering through the vertical waterfall chimney (both from the cold and fear), admired the view into the valley on a 'traverse of the gods' and tried to forget the exposure on the slightly overhanging 'exit cracks'. We could only agree with the note in the summit book of June 29, 2002: "Enfi n une via qui en vaut la peine à Rougemont. On aura plus honte! (la 3ème, face ouest). Bravo." This via ferrata set up by the mountain guide and Eiger north face expert Kobi Reichen in June 2002 rounds off the western wall of the Rubli's range of via ferrata, this Limestone pinnacle between Bernese Saanenland and Vaudois Pays d'Enhaut. Now the followers of this mountain sport have a choice. After the "iron ways" through the southeast flank and along the southwest ridge, they first wanted to create a via ferrata through the north side of the Rubli. But Reichen never would have agreed to one there, because thats where the ibex live. On the west wall he saw no problem, although he also occasionally saw these extraordinary animals there: "Unbelievable what they do." Even Kobi Reichen had to be astonished.

Route description

Via ferrata de la Videmanette 3
The difficult / very difficult Via ferrata 3 through the west wall, descending slightly at first from the saddle to the north and traverses to the impressive start via a ladder and through the waterfall chimney. This is followed by a traverse on ledges to the actual, vertical west wall. After a slightly overhanging traverse, it leads straight up with many iron bars. After an overhanging finale one reaches the western summit through broken grassy terrain and from there without further difficulties may head over to the eastern summit. The descent on Via ferrata 1 begins near the summit cross.

Additional information

Character

Via ferrata 3: West Wall via ferrata, K5, 400 meters long, 180 meters in altitude; this route calls for people to move as fearlessly as ibexes. Gets afternoon sun. The via ferrata material can be rented at the valley station.

Time

Via ferrata West wall: 1½ hr. Descent: ½ Std.

Signalisation

Reasonably easy to find the way.

Descent

Descend Via ferrata 1 (½ hr): From the exit, head towards the summit cross, where the descent branches off to the right.

Author

Daniel Anker

Daniel Anker is a Bernese author and photographer. The historian has written around 40 ski tour, hiking, via ferrata and mountain bike guide books as well as detailed monographs on individual peaks in Switzerland.

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