To put it simply, a via ferrata is a fixed climbing route made up of metal rungs drilled into rock. Climbers can scale sheer ...

Via Ferrata, Italian for ‘iron way’, is the ... You will have a guide, who will share tips and pointers as you ascend the mountain route. Why do it? It is one of the most exhilarating ...

If you can climb a ladder, you can climb a via ferrata, say those championing the assisted climbing routes. Adventurers are secured to a fixed cable with ropes and carabiners, so the “iron way ...

Via Ferrata are routes through what may often appear to be inaccessible ground, opened up by the placing of metal rungs or footplates and protected by a continuous wire cable. This cable may also be ...

Throughout summer 2013 the mountain guide group "Alta Badia Guides" based in Corvara, Italy, completely renovated two of the valley's most popular outings, the normal route to the summit of Sassongher ...

Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ferrata, freeriding, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and ice climbing on all the mountains of the world. It ...

Designed as a more challenging French-inspired trail that combines traditional rock climbing with via ferrata’s signature metal cables and rungs, this second route is on track to launch in February.