What is via ferrata: A protected climbing route with steel cables, ladders, and anchors, allowing non-technical climbers to traverse exposed alpine terrain. When to go: Late June to mid-September ...

Iron rungs cling to the nearly vertical vermillion cliffs outside Zion National Park in Utah. Strapped into harnesses and helmets, climbers make their slow ascent of the meandering route that ...

As my watch beeped twice to signal that 4 a.m. had arrived, I glanced up at the outline of the Tre Cime peaks of the Italian Dolomites to see if there was any sign of light in the sky. National ...

To the delight of all via ferrata lovers, the Cortina Mountain Guides have recently equipped a new ferrata up Ra Bujela, the northernmost of the two rocky towers in the Tofana group. The chairlift ...

The SAT Società Alpinisti Tridentini informs that as of Tuesday 28 July the Via Ferrata delle Bocchette Alte has reopened. This is he most famous via ferrata in the entire Brenta Dolomites and hailed ...

The Dolomites are a mountain paradise where you can match your adventure to your style. You might drive winding passes with epic viewpoints, trek between alpine huts, or try a via ferrata route.

Northern Italy’s iron paths give hikers the chance to feel like mountaineers but without rope, anchors or knots. Our writer straps in for the high-altitude thrill of his life I am standing on an ...

It’s a balmy summer evening in Frisco and my husband, Bill, and I have just finished dinner with friends Jack and Aleene. Jack asks us if we’d like to see the video of their recent hiking trip in the ...

My knees shake and my fingertips cling to the rock. I can’t bear to move my laser-focused gaze anywhere beyond the metal rung that’s just out of reach. A moment before, I was climbing up a ladder, but ...

On the cliffs of the Dolomites, perception can be far from reality. High on a rocky peak near the famous Tre Cime di Lavaredo mountain, I’m hanging from a cliff, my toes balanced on a thin metal rung, ...

When World War I broke out, Italy’s Dolomites became a treacherous front line for Austrian and Italian soldiers. Here among the jagged peaks and sheer pastel walls of this ancient range of the Alps, ...