via ferrata

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌviːə fəˈɹɑːtə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːtə

via ferrata (plural via ferratas or vie ferrate)

1. (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.

• via ferrata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• IPA^(key): /vja fɛ.ʁa.ta/, /vja fe.ʁa.ta/
• Rhymes: -a

via ferrata f (plural vias ferratas)

1. (climbing) via ferrata (protected climbing route)

Literally, “iron road”. Compare ferrovia (“railroad/railway”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a ferˈra.ta/
• Hyphenation: vì‧a‧fer‧rà‧ta

via ferrata f (plural vie ferrate)

1. (climbing) via ferrata (protected climbing route)

   Synonym: ferrata (shortening)