As of: 18 October 2026

Wild camping in the Diablerets

The Diablerets massif sits on the Vaud-Valais border above Les Diablerets. On the Vaud side one night is lawful only with the landowner's yes, and on the Pierredar plateau the landowner is the Canton of Vaud. Across the Tsanfleuron, in Savièse, camping is banned.

Leon Helg
Leon Helg · Legal situation checked in October 2026
What do these mean?

Illegal A specific rule bans it, usually with a fine, and it can be enforced. Sleep somewhere else.

Not allowed No real place to camp here. A gated site, a developed area, or nowhere sensible to lie down, even if no fine is attached.

It depends You can sleep here, but there's a condition first: ask the landowner, book a spot, stay inside a set zone, or use a bivvy instead of a tent. The report says which.

Tolerated No rule clearly allows or bans it, but a single night is accepted in practice and nobody enforces against it. Normal for high bivouacs above the treeline.

Legal Camping one night is fine here. Either a rule allows it, or we checked every law and found nothing against it. Still: pitch late, leave early, no trace.

What "wild camping" means here: one night. A small tent or a bivvy bag, up towards evening, gone in the morning. Not a base camp, not a camper van. Most Swiss bans are written against camping; whether a single night also falls under them depends on the exact wording, so this article checks that wording. The full difference: wild camping vs bivouacking.

Wild camping in the Diablerets: one massif, two cantons

Wild camping in the Diablerets is a question about a massif on a cantonal border. The Scex Rouge top station of Glacier 3000, the Oldenhorn, the Pierredar plateau and the whole north side of the massif lie in the Vaud commune of Ormont-Dessus, like the village of Les Diablerets below them. East of the Scex Rouge the ground turns into the Glacier de Tsanfleuron, its limestone lapiaz and the Col du Sanetsch, and all of that is the Valais commune of Savièse. The summit itself stands a few dozen metres inside Conthey VS, on its line with Ormont-Dessus, the south face falls into Conthey, and the Bern line of Gsteig runs 300 to 600 m east of the Cabane des Diablerets.5

A massif has no single pitch, so the question is where a night would actually happen. Not in the village, on the floor of the Creux de Champ or at Lac Retaud: a village, a grazed cirque below the tree line and a lake with a road and a restaurant. Up high it happens on the Pierredar plateau, around the refuge at about 2'290 m, on the Tsanfleuron lapiaz that Glacier 3000 visitors look across, and on the lift and hut ground at the Scex Rouge.5

The answer splits at the cantonal border. On the Vaud side one night is lawful with the landowner's yes. In Savièse the commune bans camping outright. No federal game reserve and no wildlife rest zone covers any of these places: the line that matters is the commune boundary, which you can check on map.geo.admin.ch.165

The Pierredar plateau: the night, with the landowner's yes

The Pierredar plateau is where a night in the Diablerets is realistically spent. It is a shelf at about 2'290 m below the north face of the massif, with the Refuge de Pierredar, reached from Les Diablerets through the Creux de Champ in about 3 h 15 and 1'100 m of ascent on a T3 path. South of the refuge lies a grey gravel plain with braided streams; west and south-west, limestone pavement with patches of grass.58

Aim for the largest grass patch. Around WGS84 46.320653 / 7.193127 (LV95 2'581'091 / 1'129'947), at 2'275 m, about 148 m west-south-west of the refuge and 19 m below it, some 484 m² lie at 5 degrees or less, 2.5 on average. The marked path passes 102 m away, but a beaten track crosses the patch: pitch at its north or south edge, off the track. Not on the gravel plain, which is wet ground that moves, and not on the moss and dwarf willow at its margins.58

Who to ask, before you walk up. The commune administration of Ormont-Dessus, Rue de la Gare 1, 1865 Les Diablerets, +41 24 492 00 20, greffe@ormont-dessus.ch: ask which office answers for the canton's ground at Pierredar, and get the yes before you go. The club that runs the refuge holds only the building and cannot give it.24

A bed instead. The Refuge de Pierredar has 20 bunks, CHF 25 a night, CHF 20 for SAC members, half board CHF 35. Its published season for 2027 runs from 19 June to 19 September; until then there is no access inside, not even a winter room. Book in season by phone, +41 79 127 56 67, otherwise by mail to refuge@pierredar.ch.8

Whose yes: the Canton of Vaud, with no published door

The plateau belongs to the canton. The refuge and the grass around it lie on parcel 3084 of Ormont-Dessus, 11'189'026 m², an ordinary registered parcel in the agricultural zone. The decree of 16 August 1972 that created the Col du Pillon-Becca d'Audon floristic reserve lists its owner as "ÉTAT DE VAUD", and the refuge's operator writes today that the ground belongs to the Canton of Vaud. The Club de Pierredar holds a building right of 300 m² for the refuge, not the plateau.48

No channel for the canton's yes is published. No cantonal office publishes a camping practice for this parcel, and no fee is known. The commune's office is the door: ask it who answers for the State's ground. If nobody can say yes in time, the honest answer for that night is the refuge in season, or a day trip.24

One question is open, and it separates the grass from the rock. Under Vaud law, rock, scree, névés and glaciers are cantonal public domain. Ormont-Dessus bans camping on public domain except at places it designates, and it has designated none up here. If the commune ever read that ban onto the canton's rock and scree, the answer there would be no. The grass patch sits on the registered parcel, which the commune's own definition treats as private ground, where the yes is the rule. So pitch on the grass, not on bare limestone.32

The protected areas do not forbid a night. The plateau lies in the cantonal wildlife reserve Diablerets-Muveran, where dogs must be on a lead, in the federal landscape inventory object BLN 1503 and in a regional inventory of proglacial ground; none of them has a camping rule. The floristic reserve of 1972, which bans picking or damaging plants, lies around the Cabane des Diablerets, not on the plateau.74

Tsanfleuron and the Sanetsch: the one clear no

This is where many people picture a Diablerets bivouac: the pale limestone lapiaz of Tsanfleuron, seen from the top of Glacier 3000. It is the one place in the massif where the answer is plain. From the Glacier de Tsanfleuron eastwards, the whole lapiaz, the Cabane de Prarochet, the Col du Sanetsch at 2'252 m and the Lac de Sénin lie in the commune of Savièse.5

Savièse bans camping on its whole territory. Its police regulation, homologated by the Conseil d'Etat on 16 April 2025, applies to the whole commune (art. 4) and bans camping, caravanning and what is assimilated to them outside places the authority has expressly designated (art. 35 para. 2). The fine runs from CHF 10 to CHF 10'000 (art. 77). The only designated place is a camper-van area at the Binii, down in the valley.6

The landowner cannot lift it. The Tsanfleuron alp belongs to the Bourgeoisie de Savièse, but the ban asks for a place designated by the commune, not for an owner's consent. A bivvy bag is not named, but the words "ce qui leur est assimilable" plausibly reach it, and no decision says otherwise: do not count on it. The ground says the same: bare, fissured limestone with small ponds and almost no turf. A bed at the Cabane de Prarochet is not camping.65

Place by place: what applies where

  • Pierredar plateau, 2'275 m: one night with the canton's yes. On the grass patch west-south-west of the refuge, off the beaten track.14
  • Tsanfleuron lapiaz, Glacier de Tsanfleuron, Cabane de Prarochet, Col du Sanetsch, Lac de Sénin: no. Savièse bans camping on its whole territory outside designated places, and there are none on the mountain.6
  • Glacier 3000, Scex Rouge and the Cabane des Diablerets, 2'486 m: not a place for a tent. Lift, piste and hut ground, zoned for tourist infrastructure since 2017. Book the hut instead.9
  • Creux de Champ, 1'405 m: no. A grazed cirque floor below the tree line, crossed by debris-flow beds; the landscape inventory around it has no camping rule, the ground is the problem.57
  • Lac Retaud, 1'685 m: no. A road, a restaurant, a car park and a bus stop on its shore; the lake itself is public domain, where Ormont-Dessus bans camping.52
  • Les Diablerets village: no. Public ground is closed to camping, and the rest is gardens and meadows. Sleep at the campsite in Vers-l'Eglise.210
  • Isenau, 1'864 m: one night with a yes, from the alp keeper in summer or from the commune, which owns the alp. Wild camping at Isenau.
  • Derborence, at the southern foot in Conthey VS: a separate destination, not covered on this page.

Where not: the village, the Creux de Champ and Lac Retaud

The village is not a place for a tent. On public ground in Ormont-Dessus camping is banned in all its forms except at places the Municipalité designates. Everything else in Les Diablerets is somebody's garden, meadow or car park, so the place for a tent down here is the campsite.2

The Creux de Champ is a grazed cirque, not a pitch. Its floor at 1'405 m lies below the tree line, with forest 170 to 500 m around, an alp building at its north-west edge and wide debris-flow and avalanche beds of the Grande Eau running across it. On paper the holder's yes would make a night lawful; on the ground it is pasture in the path of the torrents. Walk on to Pierredar.52

Lac Retaud is a roadside lake. At 1'685 m it has the Restaurant du Lac Retaud on its south-west shore, a road and a car park along two sides and a bus stop. The water is public domain, where camping is banned, and it is an amphibian breeding site; the shore is private alp ground.57

The lawful night in the valley is a campsite. The Camping de la Murée at Vers-l'Eglise, in the same commune, has 25 tent pitches, +41 24 492 15 58, camp.muree@gmail.com. Its listing says it is open all year and also that it closes from November to mid-December: call before an autumn night.10

The law: a cantonal consent rule, a communal one, and a ban in Savièse

On the Vaud side, the canton's camping act decides the first night:

"Le camping occasionnel, hors des places autorisées, n'est permis qu'avec l'assentiment du propriétaire du fonds ou, le cas échéant, du fermier ou du locataire. Pour une durée de plus de 4 jours, l'autorisation de la commune est requise."Loi sur les campings et caravanings résidentiels (LCCR), BLV 935.61, art. 27 para. 1. In English: occasional camping outside authorised places is allowed only with the assent of the landowner or, where there is one, the farmer or tenant; for more than 4 days the commune's permit is required.

The first night already needs the yes. The act applies expressly to occasional camping (art. 42), and art. 44 fines a breach up to CHF 10'000. It does not define camping, and a bivvy bag is not named; no court has ruled on one. Treat a bivvy bag like a tent and ask.1

The commune says the same, and adds a ban. The Ormont-Dessus police regulation, approved on 5 July 2021, bans camping and caravanning in all their forms on public domain except where the Municipalité designates (art. 76 para. 1). On private ground it allows occasional camping only with the agreement of the owner, tenant, farmer or other holder, and needs the Municipalité's permit beyond four days, 3 nights (art. 76 para. 2). Its fines run up to CHF 500, or CHF 1'000 for a repeat (art. 11, with the cantonal contraventions act).2

What does not forbid a night. No federal game reserve, wildlife rest zone or park covers the plateau, the lapiaz, the Creux de Champ or Lac Retaud. The cantonal wildlife reserve asks for dogs on a lead, the landscape inventory BLN 1503 binds the authorities, not the camper, and the federal floodplain object of the Glacier de Tsanfleuron, which covers Prarochet, obliges the canton to protect it without a rule for visitors.57

Across the border, a ban with no consent route. In Savièse, art. 35 para. 2 of the police regulation leaves only places the commune designates, whatever the landowner says. How the levels fit together: the Vaud overview, the Valais overview and the national overview; the next massif south is in wild camping around Bex.6

Getting there, the season and the ground

Until late December 2026 there is no bed up there. The Refuge de Pierredar is closed with no access inside until June 2027. The Cabane des Diablerets, 32 bunks, opens for the winter on 31 December 2026, subject to the Glacier 3000 lifts, until 30 April 2027, and has no winter room either: "La cabane n'est ouverte qu'en présence du gardien. Il n'y a ni local de secours, ni local d'hiver." +41 24 492 21 02. An October night at Pierredar is a night outside with the canton's yes, or none.89

The way up. From Les Diablerets through the Creux de Champ on the Prapio path, T3, about 3 h 15 and 1'100 m of ascent. The Drudy path is T4. From the Scex Rouge the plateau is reached only by the via ferrata des Dames Anglaises.8

Fragile ground. The operator points to the dwarf polar willow on the plateau. Stay on the grass, move no stones, keep everything out of the streams, and leave the patch as you found it. The alp and refuge staff's word goes.8

General rules for wild camping

This applies wherever you are genuinely allowed to sleep outside, which in the Diablerets means one night on the Pierredar plateau with the canton's yes, or a pitch at a campsite. It is not legal text, it is decency on a fragile proglacial plateau that belongs to the public, in a reserve kept for wild animals.

  • No fire. An open fire has no place in the mountains. A gas stove is enough.
  • Pitch late, strike early. Set up towards evening, gone again early. A bivouac is one night, not a base camp.
  • Leave no rubbish. Everything you carry up you carry down, organic scraps and toilet paper included.
  • At least 50 metres from any water for the big business, so you do not foul what people and livestock drink.
  • Stay small and quiet. A small group, no speaker, no drone, dogs on the lead, and the alp staff's word goes.

Disclaimer

This article reflects my research and assessment to the best of my knowledge, as of October 2026. It is based on the publicly accessible and official sources linked below. It does not replace legal advice and is not a binding statement of the current legal situation.

The verdict rests on the cantonal and communal consent rules and on the owner of the Pierredar plateau as the decree of 1972 and the refuge's operator name it; the current land register was not consulted, and which cantonal office gives the yes is not published. Whether the commune's ban on public domain reaches the canton's rock and scree, and whether Savièse's ban catches a bivvy bag, has not been decided by any authority. Every distance and coordinate is taken from official geodata, as accurate as the data and not as a marker on the ground. Seasons, prices and contacts are taken from their publishers as of October 2026 and can change. Nobody at the communes, the canton or the refuge was asked. The verdicts are for the snow-free season. Before every tour, check the current sources yourself and follow instructions on site. A genuine emergency bivouac in distress is a separate question from a planned camp. Anyone who spends the night outside bears responsibility for their own conduct and any consequences themselves. Hikebeast, Leon Helg and Saftladen GmbH accept no liability for decisions made on the basis of this text, and call on no one to break applicable law.

Frequently asked questions

Is wild camping allowed in the Diablerets?
On the Vaud side, with the landowner's yes; on the Valais side, no. In Vaud, art. 27 para. 1 of the cantonal camping act (LCCR, BLV 935.61) allows occasional camping outside authorised places only with the assent of the owner, farmer or tenant, fine up to CHF 10'000 (art. 44), and art. 76 para. 2 of the Ormont-Dessus police regulation says the same for private ground. The realistic night is the grass patch on the Pierredar plateau, 46.320653 / 7.193127, 2'275 m, on ground owned by the Canton of Vaud. On the Tsanfleuron and at the Sanetsch, Savièse bans camping on its whole territory outside designated places (art. 35 para. 2, CHF 10 to 10'000).
Who do I ask for permission at Pierredar?
The Canton of Vaud owns the plateau, and no channel for its yes is published. The decree of 1972 that created the floristic reserve lists parcel 3084 as owned by the State of Vaud, and the refuge's operator says the same. The Club de Pierredar holds only the building and cannot allow a night on the plateau. Ask the commune administration of Ormont-Dessus, +41 24 492 00 20, greffe@ormont-dessus.ch, who answers for the canton's ground, and get the yes before you walk up. Without it, sleep in the refuge in season: 20 bunks, CHF 25, from 19 June to 19 September 2027.
Can I bivouac on the Tsanfleuron lapiaz or at the Col du Sanetsch?
No. The lapiaz, the Glacier de Tsanfleuron, the Cabane de Prarochet, the Col du Sanetsch and the Lac de Sénin lie in the commune of Savièse VS. Its police regulation, homologated on 16 April 2025, applies to the whole commune (art. 4) and bans camping, caravanning and what is assimilated to them outside places the authority has expressly designated (art. 35 para. 2), with a fine of CHF 10 to 10'000 (art. 77). The only designated place is a camper-van area at the Binii in the valley. The consent of the Bourgeoisie de Savièse, which owns the alp, does not lift the ban.
Can I camp at Glacier 3000, Lac Retaud or in Les Diablerets village?
No. The Scex Rouge and the Cabane des Diablerets, 2'486 m, are lift, piste and hut ground, zoned for tourist infrastructure since 2017: book the hut, +41 24 492 21 02. Lac Retaud, 1'685 m, has a road, a restaurant, a car park and a bus stop on its shore, and the lake is public domain, where Ormont-Dessus bans camping (art. 76 para. 1). In the village the same ban covers public ground. The lawful night in the valley is the Camping de la Murée at Vers-l'Eglise, 25 tent pitches, +41 24 492 15 58.
Why is the verdict "It depends" and not "Illegal"?
Because the massif holds both answers. On the Pierredar plateau, in Vaud, a night is lawful with the landowner's yes, and the landowner is known: the canton. On the Tsanfleuron, in Savièse, camping is banned outright and graded illegal. The village, the Creux de Champ, Lac Retaud and the lift ground at Glacier 3000 are no places for a tent whatever the law says. The verdict for the Diablerets follows the place where a night is realistically spent, Pierredar, and there the answer depends on getting the yes.
Leon Helg

Leon Helg

Swiss filmmaker and software developer. Spends his free time in the Swiss Alps and maps his favourite spots for Hikebeast. Posts as @leon.helg on Instagram and TikTok.

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Sources

  1. Canton of Vaud. Loi du 11 septembre 1978 sur les campings et caravanings résidentiels (LCCR), BLV 935.61, in force since 1 January 1979, consolidated text read on 18 October 2026. Art. 27, "Camping occasionnel", para. 1: "Le camping occasionnel, hors des places autorisées, n'est permis qu'avec l'assentiment du propriétaire du fonds ou, le cas échéant, du fermier ou du locataire. Pour une durée de plus de 4 jours, l'autorisation de la commune est requise." Para. 2: "Demeurent réservées les dispositions communales sur cet objet." Art. 42 para. 1 applies the act to new campsites "ainsi qu'au camping occasionnel". Art. 44 para. 1: "Est passible d'une amende jusqu'à 10 000 francs sans préjudice de toutes autres poursuites civiles ou pénales, toute personne physique ou morale qui contrevient intentionnellement ou par négligence aux dispositions de la présente loi", and the regulations and decisions under it; para. 2: prosecution under the cantonal contraventions act. LCCR, lexfind.ch. ↩
  2. Commune d'Ormont-Dessus, Règlement communal de police, adopted by the Municipalité on 2 February 2021 and the Conseil communal on 18 March 2021, approved by the head of the cantonal Département des institutions et du territoire on 5 July 2021. Art. 76 para. 1: "Le camping et le caravaning sous toutes leurs formes sont interdits sur le domaine public, excepté sur les emplacements désignés par la Municipalité." Para. 2: "Sur le domaine privé, le camping occasionnel n'est permis qu'avec l'accord du propriétaire, du locataire, du fermier ou du possesseur à un autre titre de l'immeuble. L'autorisation de la Municipalité ou de l'autorité délégataire est obligatoire pour toute durée excédant quatre jours (3 nuits)." Art. 3 lit. h: "domaine privé : toutes les parties du territoire communal sur lesquels un ayant droit peut faire valoir un titre de propriété, de possession ou d'usage exclusif". Art. 11 para. 1: "Toute infraction aux dispositions du présent règlement est passible d'une amende dans les limites fixées par la loi sur les contraventions." Loi vaudoise sur les contraventions (LContr), art. 25 para. 1: "Les contraventions réprimées par l'autorité municipale sont passibles d'une amende de 500 francs au plus, contre chaque contrevenant, sous réserve des cas où la loi prévoit un montant inférieur." Para. 2: "L'amende peut être portée à 1000 francs en cas de récidive ou de contravention continue." Commune administration: Rue de la Gare 1, 1865 Les Diablerets, +41 24 492 00 20, greffe@ormont-dessus.ch. Règlement communal de police (PDF), LContr, lexfind.ch. ↩
  3. Canton of Vaud. Code de droit privé judiciaire vaudois (CDPJ), BLV 211.02, version in force since 1 March 2022, art. 63 para. 1: subject to validly created private rights, public domain includes, at no. 3, "les régions impropres à la culture, rochers, éboulis, névés, glaciers et les sources en jaillissant". Whether art. 76 para. 1 of the Ormont-Dessus regulation, which bans camping on public domain, also reaches such cantonal public domain on a registered parcel is not settled by any published text or decision. CDPJ, lexfind.ch. ↩
  4. Owner of the Pierredar plateau. Arrêté du Conseil d'Etat du 16 août 1972 classant la réserve floristique Col du Pillon-Becca d'Audon: art. 3, "il est interdit de cueillir, de déraciner, d'arracher ou d'endommager les plantes"; art. 4, a fine of up to 20000 francs (1972 text); art. 5 lists the burdened parcels and their owners, among them 3084, "ÉTAT DE VAUD", and 3086, the Swiss Alpine Club's Chaussy section. No camping or access clause. Cadastre of public-law restrictions, canton of Vaud, read on 18 October 2026: parcel 3084 of Ormont-Dessus, 11'189'026 m², agricultural zone, with the building right 4962, 300 m², carrying the refuge. Refuge operator: "le terrain appartient au Canton de Vaud". decree of 16 August 1972 (PDF), cadastre extract, parcel 3084, building right 4962, pierredar.ch, infrastructures. ↩
  5. Official federal geodata, queried on 18 October 2026. Communes from the current-year boundary: the Scex Rouge top station, the Oldenhorn, the Pierredar plateau, the Creux de Champ, Lac Retaud and the village in Ormont-Dessus VD; the Glacier de Tsanfleuron from about LV95 2'583'000 / 1'130'000 eastwards, the lapiaz, Prarochet and the Col du Sanetsch in Savièse VS; the summit, Le Sommet des Diablerets, LV95 2'580'873 / 1'128'143, inside Conthey VS, 20 to 80 m from the Ormont-Dessus boundary, and the south face in Conthey VS; the Gsteig BE boundary 300 to 600 m east of the Cabane des Diablerets. Pierredar pitch, LV95 2'581'091 / 1'129'947, WGS84 46.320653 / 7.193127, 2'275 m: 484 m² at 5 degrees or less, 2.5 on average, 148 m west-south-west of the refuge and 19 m below it; marked hiking path 102 m away; a beaten track, not in the hiking-path layer, crosses the patch; the only federal inventory at the point is BLN 1503; no game reserve, wildlife rest zone, park, fen, raised bog, floodplain, amphibian site, dry meadow or forest reserve. Refuge, LV95 2'581'221 / 1'130'017; south of it a proglacial gravel plain, west limestone pavement with grass. Lapiaz, LV95 2'585'600 / 1'130'100, 2'494 m: bare fissured limestone with small ponds and almost no turf. Creux de Champ, LV95 2'579'581 / 1'130'191, 1'405 m: parcel 3079, agricultural zone, forest 170 to 500 m around, debris-flow beds across the floor. Lac Retaud, LV95 2'581'576 / 1'134'327, 1'685 m: the lake is public domain DP 1239, the shore parcel 2972; restaurant, road, car park and bus stop on the shore. map.geo.admin.ch, communes, map.geo.admin.ch, Pierredar. ↩
  6. Commune de Savièse. Règlement de police, approved by the Conseil municipal on 6 November 2024, adopted by the Assemblée primaire on 9 December 2024, homologated by the Conseil d'Etat on 16 April 2025 and in force from then (art. 83). Art. 4 para. 1: "Les dispositions du présent Règlement sont applicables sur l'ensemble du territoire de la Commune de Savièse". Art. 35 para. 2: "Le camping, le caravaning et ce qui leur est assimilable sont interdits en dehors des emplacements autorisés expressément désignés comme tels par l'Autorité." Art. 77 para. 1: a fine of no less than 10 and no more than 10'000 francs for an adult. Règlement relatif au domaine public et à son usage, homologated on 18 September 2024, art. 4 para. 1 lit. j: in all public spaces it is forbidden to "faire du camping et du caravaning, à l'exception des places désignées à cet effet". Directive on the camper-van area at the Binii, republished on 19 August 2026: "il n'y a pas de dérogation pour stationner un camping-car ailleurs sur le territoire communal". Règlement bourgeoisial, homologated on 14 June 2017, art. 6 no. 1, the alps of the Bourgeoisie in Valais: "Genièvre - Tsanfleuron - l'Infloria - La Lé - La Crêta et Prabé". Règlement de police (PDF), domaine public (PDF), Binii directive (PDF), Règlement bourgeoisial (PDF). ↩
  7. Protected areas. Canton of Vaud, Règlement d'exécution de la loi sur la faune (RLFaune), BLV 922.03.1, art. 2b and its list of reserves: no. 1, Réserve des Diablerets-Muveran, with dogs on a lead and no camping clause. Cantonal geodata, read on 18 October 2026: at the Pierredar plateau the reserve, landscape object 188 Alpes vaudoises and the regional proglacial object 1172 Pierredar; at Lac Retaud landscape object 194 Lac Retaud and amphibian breeding site VD51; at the Cabane des Diablerets the floristic reserve Col du Pillon-Becca d'Audon; no cantonal quiet zone at any of these points. Federal inventories: BLN 1503 Diablerets, Vallon de Nant, Derborence (western part); floodplain object 1203 Glacier de Tsanfleuron, 421.52 ha, communes of Conthey and Savièse, inscribed in 2017, which covers Prarochet. RLFaune, lexfind.ch, geo.vd.ch, BLN 1503 object sheet (PDF), floodplain object 1203 (PDF). ↩
  8. Refuge de Pierredar, Club de Pierredar, 1865 Les Diablerets, read on 18 October 2026: guarded by club members from mid-June to mid-September, season 2027 from 19 June to 19 September 2027; home page: "IL N'Y A DÉSORMAIS PLUS AUCUN ACCÈS À L'INTÉRIEUR PENDANT L'HIVERNAGE, SOIT JUSQU'EN JUIN 2027." 20 bunks; a night CHF 25, CHF 20 for SAC members, CHF 10 for club members; half board CHF 35 for adults. Booking in season by phone only, +41 79 127 56 67; off season by mail, refuge@pierredar.ch; no bookings outside the guarding season. Access: Prapio path, T3, from Les Diablerets through the Creux de Champ, 3 h 15 and 1'100 m of ascent; Drudy path, T4; from the Scex Rouge only by the via ferrata des Dames Anglaises. Flora page: dwarf polar willow on the plateau. pierredar.ch, tarifs, réserver, accès, faune et flore. ↩
  9. Glacier 3000 and the Cabane des Diablerets. Plan partiel d'affectation Glacier des Diablerets, in force since 5 July 2017: the hut lies in the tourist infrastructure zone, sector Cabane CAS (art. 8), the surroundings in the tourist activity zone A for ski and summer pistes and lifts (art. 5); no camping clause. Cabane des Diablerets, CAS section Jaman, 2'486 m, 32 bunks, read on 18 October 2026: summer 2026 from 1 July to 21 September; winter from 31 December 2026 to 30 April 2027, subject to the Glacier 3000 lifts; "La cabane n'est ouverte qu'en présence du gardien. Il n'y a ni local de secours, ni local d'hiver." +41 24 492 21 02, info@cabane-diablerets.ch. PPA Glacier des Diablerets (PDF), cabane-diablerets.ch. ↩
  10. Camping de la Murée, Vers-l'Eglise, Ormont-Dessus, listing read on 18 October 2026: 25 tent pitches, 22 for vans, a gîte with 19 beds; listed as open all year and also as closed from November to mid-December; +41 24 492 15 58, camp.muree@gmail.com. vaud.ch, Camping de la Murée. ↩