Characteristics

Open all year round (subject to weather conditions); footbridge (15 m). ladder (8 m), exposed pitches, escape route.

ViaFerrata.org - tips

Be careful. If you take the escape route, you will be directly above any fellow ferratists. Don’t dislodge any stones!…they are just underneath.
Take a litre of water; it’s hot on the limestone in summer.
Afterwards, don’t miss the opportunity of visiting the Fer-à-Cheval cirque and the Rouget cascades.

Level

Information

Tourism Office of de Sixt fer a Chevall:
Phone in France: 04.50.34.49.36
Phone outside France:  ++33   4.50.34.49.36

Length and Altitude

Via Ferrata start: 780 m.
Drop:  150 m.
Length: 800 m.

When can you climb it

All year long depending on the weather conditon

Times

Approach of Viaferata: 20 minutes
Viaferrata: 2h30 - 3h30
Return: 20 minutes

By Road

Take the Geneva– Chamonix autoroute (A40), exit Cluses-Sardagne. D902 north to Taninges then D907 east – Samoëns – Sixt-Fer-à-Cheval., Just before the village, park on the Tines parking area (alt 773 m), opposite the Tine gorges.

By Train

Go the the train station in Cluses  S.N.C.F .

To the start  of the viaferrata

From the Tines parking area, cross the road and follow the path to the via (20 minutes). A panel indicates the access to the via and the return.

Viaferrata climbing

Start with an easy, rising path along the cliff to a grassy platform called the Vire de l’Ours, just under a cave. On the left, climb onto a spur, then vertically (La Barme aux Corbes) to another platform.

Now tackle the cliff: A traverse to the right leads to an overhanging slab, the Dalle des Paresseux (for lazy people) followed by another traverse, to the left, this time.

You can take an escape exit here, linking up with either the usual path down or the one passing through the Vire du Raffour. Don’t let stones fall on climbers below!

To continue,
Take an attractive rising traverse to the right – very exposed, not to say vertiginous – called the Becque, then comes a slight descent and the effort needed to get round an exposed rocky spur and reach the Ou Izes footbridge, 15 metres long, across a large crevasse in the rock face.
Some strenuous going on an overhanging, rising ledge will bring you to the foot of an 8-metre ladder. Above it, a climbing traverse to the right over some narrow, exposed ledges leads to a small platform (and a moment’s respite).

On you go again: down slightly to tackle the Ally traverse – a small overhang ending with a slab – and a further traverse to the right before the final vertical riser that ends the Mont via ferrata.

Descent

Follow the marked path on the left down to the parking area; about 20 minutes.

Lodging - Restaurant 

- Le gîte du Tenneverge (33) 04.50.34.91.58
- Bed and Breakfast  (33)  04.50.34.10.55
- Gîte Auberge de Salvany  (33) 04.50.34.47.64

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