Authorities in Telluride have ruled out mechanical failure in the death of a 53-year-old woman following a 200-foot fall from a cliff-side climbing feature call Via Ferrata.

Ohio’s very first via ferrata course debuted earlier this year, and has already proved to be a very popular ticket. Tours offered by the Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks fill up almost ...

TELLURIDE, Colo. (CBS4)- One person died after falling from Via Ferrata, a technical climb, in Telluride.The 53-year-old woman from Tucson, Arizona, fell on Thursday. Via Ferrata (credit ...

Via ferrata routes, which mix the thrill of rock climbing with the safety of hiking, have been slow to aatch on in the U.S. – but that's about to change.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Something new is under construction in central Ohio and it's the first of its kind in an urban setting in the United States. It's called a via ferrata, a type of rock climbing path.

The Ouray Via Ferrata is fairly new, having opened in 2020 during the first pandemic summer. But it was so popular, it’s already expanded its footprint in the Uncompahgre River Gorge.

A technical rescue effort was required Saturday to reach a man who had died while climbing Telluride’s Via Ferrata. The 76-year-old Grand Junction man suffered a life-threatening medical ev ...