Characteristics

Extremely exposed with technically difficult pitches. Handholds directly on the rock; cable fastenings widely spaced. Dizzying climb.

Telecabine ticket price

CHF 26.-- Round trip - Adult
CHF 20.-- one way, Adult
Hey, we are in Switzerland.... but it will save your 3 hours of walk

ViaFerrata.Org – tips

Don’t go alone ; it’s very demanding. Take your Mountain Bike with you. The descent is very nice (but challenging at the start

Level

Explication Level (Information)

 Strength
1. for beginners and kids
2. needs some via ferrata experience
3. needs some physical strength (at least 1 difficult part)
4. extremely demanding, needs excellent physical condition

Vertigo
1. low
2. middle
3. high, some parts with considerable exposure
4. very exposed

Type
Plaine - Mountain - High Mountain
1. abundant equipment
2. contacts with the rocs
3. scarce equipment

Technique
1. easy, beginner
2. with bridge, ladder, etc..
3. need deep knowledge (zip line)
  

Informations

Téléphérique Rougemont-Videmanette : (026) 925 81 61. Outisde Switzerland ++41 925 81 61
Office du Tourisme ++41  (0) 26 925 1166

Length and Altitude

Start of the Via ferrata:  2'100 m
Finish of the via ferrata: 2'284 m
Lenght of the cable: 400 m

When can you climb it

June till October.
Call the Tourism Office to check if the viaferrata and the telecabine are open!

GPS 

Times

From the Telecabine: 3 min
Via Ferrata : 45 minutes
Back to the Telecabine: 15 minutes

By Road

Motorway Geneva – Lausanne – Vevey… exit at Aigle. From Chamonix or Italy, head for Martigny (Suisse), then take the highway towards Lausanne, exit at Aigle. Take the road north over the Col des Mosses to Château d’Oex (32 kms). Turn right on the Saanen/Gstaad road and go as far as Rougemont. There turn right at the roundabout and go down towards the river and the cable-car station

By Train

From Montreux to Rougemont. Contac the CFF , for the schedule and fare

Start  of the viaferrata

Cable-car (or by foot) to the Videmanette summit. 20 metres before the beginning of the old via ferrata, bear left across the scree.
You’ll see the ladder that starts the via. The descent is a bit difficult; be careful…You really feel exposed.

Via Ferrata

A tough start up a crack, your feet braced against both sides. At the top, think what you are going to do before you do it.. Vertiginous! (How does Father Christmas manage?) A description? You have three steps… and then nothing but a tremendous impression of space all round you. If it’s too difficult, go back. Higher up is still difficult, but once there, with the adrenaline flowing, it’s another story.

Go on across a welcome traverse, and then… like us, you’ll have a hard job to find the right words. This final section begins with an immediate sensation being suspended in space – you have 200 empty metres under your boots! The steps are quite far apart, as are the cable bolts. Then, when you do reach the ladder, you are presented with an overhang that will test your arm muscles to the limit.

At last, you get out of the via by a tricky bit in the grass. Be careful not to dislodge rocks on the heads of your friends below.

At the summit, you join the easy route of the old via ferrata.

Lodging - Hotel - Restaurant

Camping in Château-d'Oex, with pool. Access by train.
Sleep and eat at the start of the Via Ferrata with a splendid view: Zellers'  Skibars. Tel: ++41 33 744 9248. Very nice play to stay.

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