La Videmanette, Alpine summit in Bern, Switzerland
La Videmanette is a grassy summit of 2186 m in the Vaud Prealps, on the border of the Bern and Vaud cantons south of Rougemont. The massif around it holds higher limestone peaks, including Le Rubli at 2285 m, Rocher Plat at 2257 m and Rocher à Pointes at 2239 m. A gondola from Rougemont reaches a station at 2151 m in a notch on the eastern ridge of the Rocher à Pointes.
The massif's development for tourism came with two gondola lines: one climbs from Rougemont to a station at 2151 m, built in a notch in the east ridge of the Rocher à Pointes, and a second links that station with the Les Gouilles high valley at about 2000 m. A chairlift also reaches Les Gouilles from Chalberhöni, roughly 3 km to the east at just over 1300 m, connecting the slopes with the Saanen-Gstaad ski area in the canton of Bern.
The name La Videmanette designates both the massif and its central grassy summit at 2186 m, while the highest points are Le Rubli (2285 m), Rocher Plat (2257 m) and Rocher à Pointes (2239 m). The area around La Videmanette and the Gummfluh is home to colonies of Alpine ibex, which visitors may spot on the limestone crags.
Two gondola lines serve the massif: one climbs from Rougemont to a station at 2151 m in a notch on the east ridge of the Rocher à Pointes, and a second links that station with the Les Gouilles high valley at about 2000 m. Les Gouilles can also be reached by chairlift from Chalberhöni, roughly 3 km east at about 1300 m, connecting to the Saanen-Gstaad ski area. In summer the Rougemont lift gives access to three via ferrata routes on Le Rubli.
The summit itself, at 2,186 m, is a grassy peak at the centre of the massif, while the highest points around it are limestone formations: Le Rubli (2,285 m), Rocher Plat (2,257 m) and Rocher à Pointes (2,239 m). Alpine ibex colonies live in the area around La Videmanette and the Gummfluh.
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