Via Ferrata - Führenwand

Me and Niklas took off at 4 pm to do a Via Ferrata, and as happy beginners, we went straight for the "difficult" of course. How scary can it be? Well, it was a bit scary. At least if your name is Niklas and you suffer from vertigo as soon as you click out of your skis.

But, it was a stunning climb up to Führenalp, especially the last part where you climb on a rope ladder for 30 meters. The weather today was perfect bluebird, 23 degrees - and we wouldn't recommend to do it in anything but dry weather. There are better places to slip. (No worries, Via Ferrata is perfectly safe. But slipping is never fun.)

As we were beginners, we also managed to miss the last lift down, so we had a nice jog down the mountain instead. And found a brand new downhill biking trail, which will eventually end up on this blog too.

Here are some pics:


Yes, that's the guy with vertigo to the right.













Niklas examining the ladder closely.




















In this picture, he still has no clue what awaits.















"Slowwwwlllllyyyyy, sloowwwwlllllly."


The climb is about two hours to the top, and you can take a lift down after a cold beer. For the lowdown on what/where/when/why, go to Engelberg.ch's Via Ferrata Guide.