On via ferratas, climbers use permanently-installed iron rungs and cables to ascend soaring cliffs without the need to carry heavy rock climbing gear. Want to try one? Here's what you need to know.

Via ferrata is Italian for “iron road.” It describes climbing routes with safety wires, metal rungs, ladders, footholds, iron pins, or other permanently attached features across steep, rocky ...

The Ouray Via Ferrata is fairly new, having opened in 2020 during the first pandemic summer. But it was so popular, it’s already expanded its footprint in the Uncompahgre River Gorge.

Via Ferrata dates back to World War I, when troops used it to transport men and material. Fox31 went to Arkansas Valley Adventures in Idaho Springs to give it a try.

Ohio’s very first via ferrata course debuted earlier this year, and has already proved to be a very popular ticket. Tours offered by the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks fill up almost ...

Thrill-seekers can take ladder-climbing to new heights by ascending a death-defying version that’s suspended 5,000 feet in the air in China.

You don’t need rock climbing experience to find yourself clinging to granite cliffs 1,200 feet above the village at Palisades Tahoe. The Tahoe Via Ferrata is an assisted climbing adventure that ...

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How to Tackle Telluride’s Via Ferrata Telluride’s thrilling route traverses two miles of sheer cliffs and narrow ledges above this picture-perfect southwestern Colorado town.

This month, Amangiri — a 600-acre, five-star luxury resort in Canyon Point, Utah — opened a 200-foot long steel staircase as part of its via ferrata hiking systems.

A British hiker has fallen 100ft to her death from a mountain in Italy where she was hiking with her husband. The 56-year-old woman and her husband had been hiking on the Santner via Ferrata (iron ...

The 53-year-old woman from Tucson, Arizona was climbing the Via Ferrata with her friend when she apparently slipped and fell about 200 feet, the sheriff's office said.