After spending the morning on the Abendrot via ferrata, there was still time for a decent hike in the afternoon. For this purpose, I drove to the Faschinajoch and parked at the first hairpin on the southern side of the pass (nearby Hotel Domig). The hiking path crosses the Stutztobel (already some icy patches on the path here!)...

With the Leite via ferrata done and the sun, against all expectations, still shining brightly, we headed to Imst for another short via ferrata. Imst also has the longest 'alpine coaster' in the world. So we thought: let's give the inner child in us a treat, and combine the via ferrata with a ride on the coaster.  ...

After two via ferrata epics on Friday and Saturday, the weather forecast for Sunday was must less stable. We decided to try one or two short via ferratas nonetheless. Driving to 'rock climbing village' Nassereith in the morning, there was no sign of bad weather yet. Instead the sun was shining brightly. There is a large car...

The AlpinVerlag's "Klettersteigführer Österreich" describes the combination of Seeben, Tajakante and Coburger via ferrata as one of the toughest via ferrata routes to do in a single day. The total ascent adds up to 1600m and each of the three via ferrata's is graded D/E, i.e. very to extremely difficult. To have a chance to...

David and I had planned for a long time to spend the 1st of August bank holiday weekend (Swiss national holiday) doing via ferratas somewhere in the Alps. After studying the weather forecast, we decided on Tirol. On Friday morning we drove to St. Anton near the Arlbergpass, with the objective of completing the Arlberger...