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Via Ferrata at Mount Norquay is ranked #10 out of 16 things to do in Banff. See pictures and our review of Via Ferrata at Mount Norquay.
Mount Norquay’s via ferrata — Italian for iron road — features two routes in the mountain’s cliffs high above the town of Banff. Led by certified guides, ...
The Mount Norquay via ferrata’s four-hour Ridgewalker Route costs $169 and departs three times daily. The two-hour Explorer Route is $139 and departs four times a day.
The Via Ferrata at Mount Norquay in Banff National Park welcomed its 10,000th visitor on Friday and summer staff say the tour is really taking off.
Of the 3,000 people who climbed the Norquay via ferrata last summer, a handful turned back. At the top of a buttress on Mt. Norquay, the next stage of our tour crosses the ridge line.
Mount Norquay Ski Resort, one of Banff National Park’s three ski areas, is launching a new vertical hiking experience this month called Via Ferrata, or Iron Road ...
BANFF, Alta.- A highlight attraction has opened in Banff, just in time for the long weekend. After 10 years of opposition, negotiations and planning, a via ferrata has opened on Mount Norquay ...
Italian for “iron road,” a via ferrata is an assisted climbing experience that traces its origins to mountain routes constructed for troop movements during the First World War. Canada’s via ...
BANFF, Alta. – For Texan Melissa Babcock, experiencing the Canadian Rockies meant overcoming a fear of heights that left her literally shaking as she clipped her tether on to the first cable on ...
Mount Norquay ski resort is asking permission from Parks Canada to open during the summer months. Norquay is currently the only ski resort in Banff National Park that does not also operate in the ...
A new attraction has opened in Banff National Park that lets total novices scale a peak like true mountaineers. Mount Norquay’s via ferrata — Italian for iron road — features two routes in the ...