Via ferrata, which is Italian for "iron path," is one of the best ways to experience the high alpine terrain of a ski area in the summer. These unique climbing routes are equipped with iron rungs and ...

Long popular in Europe, via ferratas are catching on—and fast—in North America. Italian for “iron way,” a via ferrata is a protected climbing route with fixed steel cables, metal rungs, and ladders.

For the past three summers, North America’s highest-elevation via ferrata has made for an exhilarating addition to Arapahoe Basin’s summer recreation activities. Now resort officials are in the ...

A jumble of thoughts rush through my mind as I cling to an overhanging piece of limestone, high on the side of Harauer Spitze in the Chiemgaur Alpen in Austria, my feet dangling above a sheer drop of ...

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It was while wrestling with a harness in the Vertical Descents centre, gearing up to tackle Scotland’s only via ferrata, that I realised I was actually feeling nervous. The route, open all year round, ...