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via ferrata en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌviːə fəˈɹɑːtə/ (UK)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian via ferrata (literally “iron road”).

Meanings

1. A protected climbing route, usually with iron cables and hooks.
   • 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. 2010, Brendan Sainsbury, Hiking in Italy, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 48:
   • Vie ferrate are frequently demanding undertakings requiring experience in many aspects of mountaineering. 2001, Hoffler Werner, translated by Cecil Davies, Via Ferrata: Scrambles in the Dolomites, Cicerone Press, →ISBN, page 11:
   • In the three places in this book where the vie ferrate are of a slightly more advanced level, alternative trails have been suggested. 2001, Henry Stedman, Trekking in the Dolomites, Trailblazer, →ISBN, page 9:
   • 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. 2008, Tourism Economics: The Business and Finance of Tourism and Recreation, page 279:
   • 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. 2009 March, Michael Lanza, “Higher Calling”, in Backpacker, page 83:
   • Vie ferrate are growing fast in number and popularity around the country. 2021, Best Day Walks: Spain, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:
   • 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, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Miles Roddis, Neil Wilson, Corsica, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 166:

Forms

Translations (19)

pt via ferrata (protected climbing route) · cmn 飛拉達 /飞拉达 (protected climbing route) · fi via ferrata (protected climbing route) · fi kiipeilyreitti (protected climbing route) · it ferrata (protected climbing route) · de Klettersteig (protected climbing route) · cmn 鐵索棧道 /铁索栈道 (protected climbing route) · pl zależna droga (protected climbing route) · sk zaistená cesta (protected climbing route) · cs zajištěná cesta (protected climbing route) · ca via ferrada (protected climbing route) · za Feihlahdaz (protected climbing route) · it via ferrata (protected climbing route) · es vía ferrata (protected climbing route) · ko 비아 페라타 (protected climbing route) · pl via ferrata (protected climbing route) · uk ві́а ферра́та (protected climbing route) · fr via ferrata (protected climbing route) · ru ви́а ферра́та (protected climbing route)

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