Via ferrata · 🇫🇷 France
Via ferrata Les Échelles de la Mort
📍 Charquemont · Doubs
ViaTrek · https://viatrek.fr/via-ferrata/echelles-de-la-mort/ · sheet printed on · information for guidance only, check opening and weather before you go.
⚡ At a glance
🚗 Access
🅿️ Parking du Refrain · free
AddressRoute des Echelles, 25140 Charquemont
GPS47.18660, 6.87316
🧗 The route
Off to the Vallée de la Mort, on the French-Swiss border! This via ferrata takes its name from the passages built by smugglers of old to escape the customs officers. On the menu: a log ladder, a bridge, a vertical climb up a dihedral, a parrot ladder, a slightly overhanging traverse leading to the most airy section of the route, and to finish, an optional 60 m zip line!
📸 Photos of the outing✓ Verified grade: Doubs Tourisme (AD à D)
🌤️ Weather on site live
✅ good · ⚠️ wind, heat or showers · ⛔ storm or rain (slippery rock and cables).
📅 Climate over the year 2016–2025 averages
Bars: average max. temperature · in blue: rainy days per month · green outline: best months.
🧭 Nearby
AD, D… = difficulty (from F easy to ED extreme) · ⭐ = detailed, verified page · km = straight-line distance
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