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After visiting Austria and Germany, I'm "hooked" on Via Ferattas. It's astounding the number and variety of them available... I'm going to make a vacation next
by exabrial 3y ago
After visiting Austria and Germany, I'm "hooked" on Via Ferattas. It's astounding the number and variety of them available... I'm going to make a vacation next year where that's all I do
However, Colorado needs to do some soul searching. Currently Colorado has exactly TWO free-access Via Ferattas: Ouray and Telluride. Allowing commercial companies to build exclusive access theme parks on public lands is a gross misuse of public lands.
Private land owners can charge if they want for all I care, but the most obnoxious thing about this model is even an experienced climber often must "hire a 'certified' guide" at absurd rates.
- someguydave 3y ago“Allowing commercial companies to build exclusive access theme parks on public lands is a gross misuse of public lands.” This describes nearly all ski areas in the US, good luck getting them to change how things are done on either the public or private side.
- czinck 3y agoBecause of that, all ski resorts on US public land aren't actually "exclusive". A lift ticket just buys you access to the lifts, you can hike up during the winter or summer, with restrictions during the winter mainly around everyone's safety (designated uphill routes, don't go where they're doing avalanche control).
- exabrial 3y agoThis is 100% correct. You can actually walk to the top of a mountain and ski down. Or in the summer time, you can bike up and mountain bike down...
- someguydave 3y agoSure, so if there is a via feratta on public land I imagine there will be similar access, although controlling access to a via feratta would be much easier than a ski run.