La Ruinette

From southwest

La Ruinette is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. With a height of 3,875 m above sea level. M. it is the highest peak of the mountains around Arolla. As it is seen from any of the surrounding valleys, it is relatively rarely climbed.

Location

La Ruinette is located in the western Pennine Alps, east of the artificial lake of Lac de Mauvoisin, located at the end of the valley of the Val de Bagnes. Nestled between the Brenaygletscher ( Glacier du Brenay ) in the southeast and south and the Giétrozgletscher ( Glacier du Giétroz ) in the north of the summit itself is largely ice-free. The southern slope is the little Ruinettegletscher ( Glacier de la Ruinette ).

La Ruinette located about two kilometers southwest of only a few meters lower Mont Blanc de Cheilon ( 3'870 m above sea level. M. ), with which it is connected via its northeast ridge (IV, combined).

History

The first ascent was made on July 6, 1865 by Edward Whymper and the guides Christian Almer and Franz Biner, eight days before the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Their route led over the southwest according to today's normal route.

Routes

The normal route to the Ruinette leads from the Chanrionhütte ( 2,462 m) above Col and Lac de Tsofeiret in the Col de la lire Rose ( 3'115 m), from there over the shoulder ( 3'386 m) on the small Ruinettegletscher and this in a dip at the beginning of the rocky south-eastern ridge. Directly on the southwest ridge can be reached in light but exposed climbing to the summit.

Routes on the other ridges and through the walls exist, but they are committed even rarer than the normal route.