via ferrata
See also: vía ferrata
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian via ferrata (literally “iron road”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
via ferrata (plural via ferratas or vie ferrate)
- (climbing) A protected climbing route, usually with iron cables and hooks.
- 2001, Henry Stedman, Trekking in the Dolomites, Trailblazer, →ISBN, page 9:
- In the three places in this book where the vie ferrate are of a slightly more advanced level, alternative trails have been suggested.
- 2001, Hoffler Werner, translated by Cecil Davies, Via Ferrata: Scrambles in the Dolomites, Cicerone Press, →ISBN, page 11:
- Vie ferrate are frequently demanding undertakings requiring experience in many aspects of mountaineering.
- 2008, Tourism Economics: The Business and Finance of Tourism and Recreation, page 279:
- The loss of welfare for vie ferrate in Pale di S. Martino was twice as large as that in Tofane, indicating the vie ferrate are probably more appealing.
- 2009 March, Michael Lanza, “Higher Calling”, in Backpacker, page 83:
- Like its counterparts in the Dolomites, where the first vie ferrate were built to help move troops through the mountains during World War I, this one has a steel cable bolted into the rock, paralleling the Rings.
- 2010, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Miles Roddis, Neil Wilson, Corsica, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 166:
- Hidden away among steep crags and dense forests, Chisà is the starting point for several interesting hikes, and also for possibly the most thrilling via ferrata in Corsica.
- 2010, Brendan Sainsbury, Hiking in Italy, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 48:
- However, the dramatic beauty and tricky rock faces attracted the attention of local and foreign climbers, and during the 1930s the construction of a via ferrata to the base of difficult climbs began.
- 2021, Best Day Walks: Spain, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:
- Vie ferrate are growing fast in number and popularity around the country.
Translations edit
protected climbing route
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Further reading edit
- via ferrata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian via ferrata (literally “iron road”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
via ferrata f (plural vias ferratas)
- (climbing) via ferrata (protected climbing route)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “iron road”. Compare ferrovia (“railroad/railway”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
via ferrata f (plural vie ferrate)
- (climbing) via ferrata (protected climbing route)
- Synonym: ferrata (shortening)