Rochers de Naye

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Rochers de Naye
Rochers de Naye from Alp Chamossale

Rochers de Naye from Alp Chamossale

height 2042  m above sea level M.
location Canton of Vaud , Switzerland
Mountains Vaudois pre-Alps
Dominance 6 km →  Tour de Mayen
Notch height 582 m ↓  Col d'Ayerne
Coordinates 564449  /  142394 coordinates: 46 ° 25 '55 "  N , 6 ° 58' 34"  O ; CH1903:  564449  /  142394
Rochers de Naye (Canton of Vaud)
Rochers de Naye

The Rochers de Naye is a mountain in the Vaudois Pre-Alps above Veytaux and Villeneuve , it is considered the local mountain of Montreux . The rock massif, whose highest point is at 2042  m above sea level. M. is made of limestone .

From Montreux there is a cog railway up the mountain operated by Transports Montreux – Vevey – Riviera . At the mountain station there is a hotel and a restaurant as well as an enclosure for observing marmots . From the summit, which can be reached all year round, you have a view of Lake Geneva as well as the Jura mountain ranges , the Bernese, Freiburg , the Valais and Savoy Alps . In an easterly direction, a mountain path leads to the Alpinum La Rambertia and the Grotte de Naye cave .

The Alpinum La Rambertia is open from mid-June to the end of September. It has a cultivated area of ​​approx. 3000 m² and is located at an altitude of 1980 m. The botanical garden was founded by Henry Correvon in 1869 and is run by an association. There is a small Buddhist stupa on the way to the mountain station .

There is a via ferrata for experienced mountaineers on the northern flank of the mountain . It is classified as K5 (“very difficult”) on a difficulty scale for via ferratas.

Web links

Commons : Rochers de Naye  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. cotation of the via ferrata. In: www.sac-cas.ch. June 1, 2015, accessed June 9, 2020 .