Rempart Mountain, Mauritius

Anyone done Rempart Mountain in Mauritius? That's this one:


Google brings up a few bits of not overly helpful data. There is a video of the route, a writeup of a guy who bailed on the via ferrata section and some wikiloc tracks that claim to go up the mountain but aren't even close to the mountain*.

Can't find anything about access or the condition of the route, whether or not gear is required etc. The via ferrata looks old and rusted, so I am not sure how safe it is to use. Does anyone know anything helpful or can point me in the right direction?



*technically not a mountain as it isn't high enough

Well I'd call that a mountain if I ever saw one! "Business" trip coming up?

Strava heat maps shows the route going to the summit. No GPS export, but you'll at least be able to plot it into Google Earth from that: www.strava.com/heatmap#15.00/57.43115/-20.30596/hot/run (switch on the satellite layer for best results)

Stijn wrote: Well I'd call that a mountain if I ever saw one! "Business" trip coming up?

It does seem like a rather epic peak. Kind of one of those ones that I would regret missing out on. It is 777m high, so depends on whose definition you use, I guess. Whatever it is classified as, the views should be worth the effort.

Hmmm - definitely a business trip. A "solo corporate retreat" - the story will probably end up somewhere online after it happens, and the mountain bits will probably end up on VE - so I won't give any spoilers just yet. But I'll put it this way: I live an hour from Durban beach and I haven't put my feet in the sea for about 6 years, so I'm not there for the beaches!

Stijn wrote: Strava heat maps shows the route going to the summit. No GPS export, but  you'll at least be able to plot it into Google Earth from  that: www.strava.com/heatmap#15.00/57.43115/-20.30596/hot/run (switch on the satellite layer for best results)

Awesome, thanks - that's perfect!

Update: someone has uploaded a track on Wikiloc.

So 6 hours of trying - I came to the conclusion that this mountain is inaccessible without access to the game farm at the base. I tried various angles, and a lot of bundu-bashing through jungle. I eventually had to give up.

You can see that the via ferrata is still there - but no clue if it is still safe, seeing as it probably hasn't been ascended in years


The mountain as seen from below:


Even without being able to head up it, it is absolutely spectacular as seen from below. The road towards Flic-en-Flac goes right past it.

*spoiler alert* I will post a ton of writeups on my blog, and will post summaries of the mountain stories here. The story will include:
 - Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire
 - Le Morne
 - Le Pouce
 - Pieter Both
 - Lion Mountain
 - Bukit Timah
 - Mount Kinabalu
 - Mulu Pinacles
 - A lot of caves at Mulu