What is Via Ferratta?
Translated from Italian, "Iron Roads" is a cross between hiking and climbing. Via Ferrata routes are built into rock faces with cables and ladders and other equipment designed to facilitate people's progression along the route and to optimize their security.
Developed by the Italian Army in the Dolomites during WW1 to access "inaccessible" peaks and equip safe passage for the troups carrying heavy equipment , Via Ferrata is now a new activity in its own right for people keen to try something a little more challenging than alpine hiking.
Although no real climbing ability is needed, a via ferrata does demand a steady head for heights.
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The first French Via Ferrata was built in 1988. There are lots of Via Ferratas close to Chamonix within a 30min to 1 hour drive. More information here...
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Looking for a via ferrata specialised guide or instructor? Guiding groups in the Summer. Via ferrata routes, in Chamonix and close to the valley and much more... | |||
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| Chamonix.net Library all the guide books, topos of the routes, maps,... all this can be found here in our On-line lybrary. You can also buy all these books in the Chamonix shops. |
