Tips

Tips for your outings

Getting started, getting equipped, staying safe: our practical guides, drawn from experience.

📊 Understanding grades

Via ferrata grades explained simply: French scale F to ED, Hüsler scale A to F, K1 to K6, what they measure (and what they don't tell you), with example routes for each level.

Via ferrata · 5 min

🧗 Getting started with via ferrata

First via ferrata: is it for you, how to choose the route, guided or on your own, gear, what happens on the day and safety. With easy via ferratas near Luxembourg, in Belgium, the Vosges and Switzerland.

Via ferrata · 8 min

⛈️ Storms and weather on a via ferrata

Thunderstorms are the number one danger on a via ferrata: how to read the mountain forecast, set off at the right time, recognise the signs and react if a storm catches you on the cable.

Safety · 6 min

🏰 Via ferrata in the Eifel and Wallonia

Neuerburg, Manderscheid, Dinant, Namur… the via ferratas of the Eifel, the Moselle and Rhine valleys and Wallonia, partly tested by the ViaTrek team, from easy to difficult.

Destinations · 6 min

👨‍👩‍👧 Via ferrata with children

From what age and height, roping up children under 40 kg, full-body harness, choosing the route, preparation and motivation: the guide to a successful family via ferrata.

Via ferrata · 6 min

🏔️ Via ferrata in Haute-Savoie

About fifteen via ferratas in Haute-Savoie, facing Mont Blanc, in the Aravis or the Chablais: which to choose for your level, with our first-hand feedback (Évettes, Curalla, Bérard, Parc Thermal).

Via ferrata · 7 min

🏔️ Via ferrata in the Hautes-Alpes

Nearly 30 via ferratas in the Hautes-Alpes: which to choose as a beginner, with the family or for a sporty day? Vallouise, Briançonnais, Queyras, Champsaur and Dévoluy, with our first-hand feedback.

Via ferrata · 7 min