The beautiful Cormet de Roselend pass is home to one of the most scenic via ferratas in France. There is a CAF hut, the Refuge du Plan de la Lai, conveniently located along the road at the start of the approach to the route. We spend the night there, and at 8am we set off for the Roc du Vent via ferrata. ---- The well...

Above the massive ski resort of Courchevel, lies (according to the Cicerone guidebook "Via ferratas of the French Alps") "one of only a few proper mountain via ferrata's in France, and also the highest route of the country": the via ferrata de la Croix de Verdon. It is conveniently accessed with the Saulire cable car, though this...