Via ferrata Les Échelles de la Mort

Via ferrata · 🇫🇷 France

Via ferrata Les Échelles de la Mort

📍 Charquemont · Doubs

Altitude … ✓ Info checked in summer 2026
💧 Water & gorges🌉 Footbridges🪂 Zip line💪 Athletic

⚡ At a glance

GradeAD to DC–D · K3–K4Convert to
Openingnot known · do you know?
PriceFree
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🅿️ Parking (GPS)47.18660, 6.87316 ↗ Waze · free

🚗 Access

🅿️ Parking du Refrain · free

AddressRoute des Echelles, 25140 Charquemont

GPS47.18660, 6.87316

🧗 The route

Via ferrata Les Échelles de la MortAD to D

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!

Length: 500 m / Dénivelé : 100 mDuration: about 2 hAccès libre toute l'année
📸 Photos of the outing

✓ Verified grade: Doubs Tourisme (AD à D)

🌤️ Weather on site live

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✅ 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.

🎒 Gear

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    Harness
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    Double lanyard with energy absorberEN 958 standard
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  • ⛑️
    Helmetfalling rocks possible
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    Glovesrecommended
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    Approach shoesgrippy sole
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    Zip-line pulley and lanyardif you do the zip line
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🧭 Nearby

AD, D… = difficulty (from F easy to ED extreme) · ⭐ = detailed, verified page · km = straight-line distance

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⚠️ Information for guidance only. Data from open sources and field reports, possibly incomplete or out of date. Via ferrata is a risky activity: check opening with the operator or tourist office, the weather and your own level, and hire a guide if in doubt. Learn more

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