• Thumbnail for Via ferrata
    A via ferrata (Italian for "iron path", plural vie ferrate or in English via ferratas) is a protected climbing route found in the Alps and certain other...
    64 KB (8,279 words) - 18:39, 24 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rock climbing
    Deep-water solo Rope solo Top roping Types of mountaineering Alpine Mixed Via ferrata Himalayan Alpine style Expedition style Ice Dry-tooling Scrambling Hillwalking...
    43 KB (5,740 words) - 16:08, 4 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alta Via 1
    including the Alta Via 2, which runs from Brixen to Feltre. Dolomites Via Ferrata Alta Via 2 Alta Via 3 Alta Via 4 Rifugio Nuvolàu on the Alta Via 1. Price, Gillian...
    6 KB (624 words) - 21:13, 8 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rock-climbing equipment
    children and when carrying heavy loads. Lanyards (or "teather", or "via ferrata set") are much longer versions of quickdraws that attach from a harness...
    48 KB (5,593 words) - 17:34, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Caminito del Rey
    Caminito del Rey (category Via ferrata)
    El Caminito del Rey (The King's Little Path) is a walkway pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Ardales in the province of...
    10 KB (925 words) - 06:08, 16 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alta Via 2
    route has extended sections of Via Ferrata. Via Ferrata equipment is recommended in these sections. Some of these Via Ferrata sections can be bypassed if...
    8 KB (563 words) - 20:16, 18 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tofana di Rozes
    relatively easy hike, or the west face, where the summit can be reached by a via ferrata. The south face, however, is a much more difficult challenge, with many...
    9 KB (1,145 words) - 00:57, 22 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Glossary of climbing terms
    undertaking. energy absorber A piece of protection equipment used in via ferrata climbing to absorb the energy of the arrest of any fall. See lanyard...
    119 KB (11,633 words) - 12:38, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cristallo (mountain)
    (3,008 m). Cima di Mezzo and Cristallino d'Ampezzo can be reached by via ferratas, while Monte Cristallo and Piz Popena both require climbing skills. Monte...
    10 KB (1,004 words) - 00:39, 29 December 2023
  • The Mount Ogden Via Ferrata hiking and climbing experience in Waterfall Canyon, is an outdoor recreation area located in Ogden City of Weber County, Utah...
    3 KB (153 words) - 18:02, 12 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Carabiner
    with single letters showing their intended area of use, for example, K (via ferrata), B (base), and H (for belaying with an Italian or Munter hitch). Industry:...
    20 KB (2,550 words) - 06:02, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dolomites
    front (World War I) Silver age of alpinism Strada delle 52 Gallerie Via ferrata White Friday (1916) White War Ladin: Dolomites; German: Dolomiten [doloˈmiːtn̩]...
    21 KB (1,298 words) - 20:32, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scrambling
    modern via ferrata is a steel cable which runs along the route and is periodically (every 3 to 10 metres (9.8 to 32.8 ft)) fixed to the rock. Using a via ferrata...
    12 KB (1,483 words) - 21:45, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abseiling
    Deep-water solo Rope solo Top roping Types of mountaineering Alpine Mixed Via ferrata Himalayan Alpine style Expedition style Ice Dry-tooling Scrambling Hillwalking...
    15 KB (1,634 words) - 16:10, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Climbing
    climbing, but unlike alpine climbing can involve support and fixed ropes. Via ferrata: Ascending mountain routes using previously installed fixed steel cables...
    18 KB (1,908 words) - 19:44, 5 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Montserrat (mountain)
    feet) is an important rock feature popular with climbers. The well-known via ferrata Canal de las Damas (difficulty level D) leads from Collbató through a...
    9 KB (846 words) - 20:48, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Speikboden (South Tyrol)
    via ferrata set, helmet, sturdy footwear (rental equipment is available from the Speikboden Alm gondola station) Via ferrata Via ferrata Via ferrata Via...
    14 KB (1,393 words) - 22:19, 21 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Mountaineering
    activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports in their own right. Indoor climbing, sport climbing...
    53 KB (6,497 words) - 12:03, 12 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Climbing equipment
    climbing, traditional climbing and top rope climbing. Via Ferrata equipment as used in Via Ferrata climbing Wikimedia Commons has media related to Climbing...
    2 KB (217 words) - 10:39, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Free climbing
    (or "piton dispute"), by advocating for a transition to "free climbing" via a series of essays and articles in the German Alpine Journal where he defined...
    11 KB (1,085 words) - 12:25, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Roche Veyrand
    Savoie. The Fiolins hamlet is the starting point of a path leading to a via ferrata that passes through Roche Veyrand to reach the Entremonts Valley. Hike...
    2 KB (139 words) - 21:52, 10 July 2020
  • Thumbnail for Redpoint (climbing)
    "traditional protection" (i.e. climbing protection that is not permanently fixed via pre-placed bolts or pitons); as with redpointing, the climber may have repeatedly...
    16 KB (1,809 words) - 18:57, 3 April 2024
  • winter solo ascent of the Emperor Face of Mount Robson in British Columbia via the alpine climbing route Infinite Patience (2,250m, VI, 5.9, WI5, M5). This...
    18 KB (1,742 words) - 11:45, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gimmelwald
    tourists for winter sports.[citation needed] Gimmelwald has a 2.2 km long via ferrata connecting the neighbouring village of Mürren. The Jungfrau seen from...
    6 KB (559 words) - 20:03, 22 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sport climbing
    Deep-water solo Rope solo Top roping Types of mountaineering Alpine Mixed Via ferrata Himalayan Alpine style Expedition style Ice Dry-tooling Scrambling Hillwalking...
    29 KB (2,865 words) - 12:20, 4 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Piton
    Deep-water solo Rope solo Top roping Types of mountaineering Alpine Mixed Via ferrata Himalayan Alpine style Expedition style Ice Dry-tooling Scrambling Hillwalking...
    10 KB (1,364 words) - 16:18, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
    paragliding, bungee trampoline, ropes course, rock climbing, and the Via ferrata in Casper bowl at the top of the Bridger gondola. The resort and region...
    11 KB (969 words) - 21:27, 3 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for John Bachar
    Rock climbing Mountaineering Alpine Via ferrata Himalayan Alpine style Expedition style Ice Mixed Dry-tooling Scrambling Hillwalking Other Buildering...
    8 KB (959 words) - 14:57, 24 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Magnus Midtbø
    Rock climbing Mountaineering Alpine Via ferrata Himalayan Alpine style Expedition style Ice Mixed Dry-tooling Scrambling Hillwalking Other Buildering...
    20 KB (1,230 words) - 01:42, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Traditional climbing
    Deep-water solo Rope solo Top roping Types of mountaineering Alpine Mixed Via ferrata Himalayan Alpine style Expedition style Ice Dry-tooling Scrambling Hillwalking...
    33 KB (3,384 words) - 06:57, 27 April 2024