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 Foot Bridge
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| Ladder | Zip Line
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CharacteristicsA zip line 120 meters long…and seven monkey bridges. The cable traverse is vertiginous! Make really sure you know how to use it before launching yourself into space.
Cost: € 3.05 per person
NB: The via is not open at all hours. Contact the tourist office to avoid disagreeable surprises (closed Sunday afternoon, for instance).
ViaFerrata.org . tipsLa Brigue is a marvellous place. A bit like “Asterix in Corsica”, with little old men sitting on the bench at the entrance to the village watching the Romans go by. If you have time, spend a night there. Explore the alleyways, soak up the tranquility, the restfulness and the human warmth. We tested it for you and the experience was unforgettable
Level | Strength | 4 | | Vertigo | 2 | | Type | Plaine: 2
| | Technique | 3 | | Overall | Very Difficult
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Explication Level (Information)
Strength
1. for beginners and kids
2. needs some via ferrata experience
3. needs some physical strength (at least 1 difficult part)
4. extremely demanding, needs excellent physical condition
Vertigo
1. low
2. middle
3. high, some parts with considerable exposure
4. very exposed
Type
Plaine - Mountain - High Mountain
1. abundant equipment
2. contacts with the rocs
3. scarce equipment
Technique
1. easy, beginner
2. with bridge, ladder, etc..
3. need deep knowledge (zip line)
Information Tourism Office la Brigue: Phone 04.93.7909 34
Outside of France: 0033 4.93.7909 34
Guide: Lucien Berenger: Phone: 4.93.04.77.85
Length and Altitude
Viaferrata lenght: 600 m.
Drop: 240 m.
Start of the Via ferrata: 760 m.
Finish of the Via Ferrata: 1000 m. When can you climb Close during the winter (January 15 till February) Warning! This via ferrata has operating hours. Make sure it is open we you plan to climb it!
Times Approach: 10 minutes
Via Ferrata climb: 120 minutes
Back: 10 minutes
From Ventimiglia, take the N204 north through the Saorge Gorges; at St-Dalmas, turn east for La Brigue. 
Ligne SNCF Nice-Turin
Start of the ViaFerrata Obligatory visit to the Tourist Office – very friendly – to pay the entry fee and accede to the via entrance. (there is a door at the entrance of the via ferrata! You can not hire equipment and the pulley for the zip line in La Brigue. Go to Tende. Via Ferrata Climbing
Start by climbing a wall on the right of an overhanging cliff; then traverse to the left across an exposed slab, which is, to be blunt, decidedly strenuous. After a short vertical overhanging pitch, you reach the first monkey bridge across a gulley. It ‘s just an appetiser…you have six more to cross. The rock face steepens abruptly and by a flight of giant natural steps you emerge onto a superb outcrop.
A last little effort and you’ll reach the cable traverse (45 minutes). Here you can quit the via and regain the village, or take off into the void… This 115-metre tyrolienne connects the two sections. Be careful, using this installation requires experience and a clear understanding of the operation.
Briefly, the pulley is clipped onto one of the cables (the panel shows which one). To the other cable you attach the snap fastening that links your safety lines together. That’s it; you’re ready…Let’s go, Tarzan.
The second section: six monkey bridges are waiting for you, with magnificent views over the village. It is south-facing, so take something to drink!
Past the cable crossing, you make an exposed traverse to the left on an attractive red slab followed by a series of spurs connected by monkey bridges. After the last – and longest; you have time to appreciate the 27 metres – you come to a broad ledge. Follow it west ward for 50 m to reach the beginning of the descent.
DescentEquipped with steps and cables at first, it joins the path down towards the village.
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