Middle Rhine via ferrata Boppard

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Small section of the via ferrata
Waymark of the via ferrata in the background Boppard
View of Boppard from the via ferrata

The Mittelrhein-Klettersteig Boppard (also short Mittelrhein Klettersteig or Mittelrhein-Klettersteig) is one of the few alpine via ferratas north of the Alps . It is located on the left bank of the Rhine near Boppard in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The via ferrata was awarded 92 adventure points by the German Hiking Institute . The Mittelrhein-Klettersteig Boppard hiking trail is now partially integrated into the Saar-Hunsrück-Steig long-distance hiking trail , which has been extended to Boppard.

Location and origin

The via ferrata starts at the western exit of Boppard across from Filsen . It was inaugurated in the summer of 2006 and was created in collaboration with the German Alpine Club in the Gedeonseck / Vierseenblick area . It runs on the slate cliffs above the Bopparder Hamm vineyard and is partly part of the Rheinburgenweg long-distance hiking trail .

Equipment and level of difficulty

The via ferrata contains eleven climbing passages on steep rock faces. The level of difficulty is indicated as moderately difficult (B). There are 300 meters to overcome. 10 ladders, 130 step stirrups and 180 meters of wire rope were built into the rock for the via ferrata. The total walking time is two and a half to three hours. With the hiking variant, the difficult passages can be avoided using hiking trails.

literature

  • Rheinsteig - nicer hiking pocket. With folding map, elevation profiles and GPS data. Tour 25, Ideemedia, 2nd updated edition, 2010, ISBN 978-3-934342-50-7 .

Web links

Commons : Mittelrhein-Klettersteig Boppard  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fodor's Travel Guides: Fodor's Germany , Fodor's, ISBN 978-1101879702 limited preview in the Google book search
  2. ↑ Middle Rhine via ferrata boppard-tourismus.de
  3. ↑ Traumschleife Mittelrhein-Klettersteig .swr.de
  4. ↑ Mittelrhein-Klettersteig wanderinstitut.de
  5. ↑ www.rhein-zeitung.de: Boppard via ferrata with a dream grade. Accessed on September 21, 2011
  6. ↑ Mittelrhein-Klettersteig wanderinstitut.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '8.9 "  N , 7 ° 34' 34.7"  E