Via ferrata des Gorges d'Ailefroide

Via ferrata · 🇫🇷 France

Via ferrata des Gorges d'Ailefroide

📍 Vallouise-Pelvoux · Hautes-Alpes

Altitude … ✓ Checked on the ground
💧 Water & gorges🌉 Footbridges🐒 Monkey bridge🏔️ High mountains👨‍👩‍👧 Beginners💪 Athletic

⚡ At a glance

GradeF to D+B–D · K2–K4Convert to
Route2
Openingnot known · do you know?
PriceFree
Best months…
🅿️ Parking (GPS)44.87707, 6.47827 ↗ Waze · free
📄 Route guideOfficial route guide ↗

🚗 Access

🅿️ Parking · gratuit · 7 places

AddressRoute de Pelvoux, 05290 Vallouise-Pelvoux

GPS44.87707, 6.47827

🧗 The routes

1 · InitiationF to AD

A fun route in the gorge of the Ailefroide torrent: a climb above the tunnel, footbridges over the water, beams and easy ledges.

👨‍👩‍👧 dès 8 ans / 1,30 m↩️ retour 10 min
🌉 Footbridges💧 Torrent👨‍👩‍👧 Family
📸 Photos of the outing
2 · SportyD to D+

The more committing continuation: monkey bridge, a narrow, athletic section, a passage under a wedged boulder, two overhanging traverses, and an exit up an easy pillar.

💪 bonne condition physique↩️ retour 15 min
🐒 Monkey bridge🧗 Dévers⚡ Athletic
📸 Photos of the outing
📄 Official route guide ↗ Parc national des Écrins / Pays des Écrins (PDF route guide)

✓ Routes checked (official sign or operator's route guide).

🌤️ Weather on site live

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📅 Climate over the year 2016–2025 averages

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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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