via ferrate Piburg

open
Oetz /
Difficulty ratings: medium
Route length: 190 m
Duration: 0:19 h

The use is limited from 08:00 am till 08:00 pm from april to november.

Tour information

  • Requirement: medium
  • Length: 190 m
  • Duration: 0:19 h
  • Elevation uphill:28 hm
  • Elevation downhill:28 hm
Highest point984 m

Starting point

Piburg | car park

Finishing point

Piburg | car park
  • Fitness level 3 / 6

Best time of year

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Equipment

SAFETY ON THE VIA FERRATA

The Austrian Alpine Club has published 10 recommendations for climbing on via ferratas in order to increase safety:

  1. Plan carefully
  2. Destination should correspond to personal abilities
  3. Use complete set of professional climbing equipment
  4. Don’t access the route in the event of a thunderstorm
  5. Check wire rope and anchors accurately and critically
  6. Partner check at the access point
  7. Maintain sufficient distance
  8. Talk clearly when overtaking someone
  9. Watch out for falling rocks
  10. Respect nature and environment
Helmet, climbing harness and complete via ferrata set, via ferrata gloves, appropriate shoes, hiking poles for the descent (optional).

Description

The practice via ferrata is directly in the village piburg. The short ferrata leads over a small scarp and in the middle part is a small rope bridge. The via ferrata is perfect for people  which have less contact with via ferrata.

Comment to insurance:

Well insured with steel cable and foot clamps. 

Supplement to difficulty:

short passage B/C, usually A and B. 

Entry to the via ferrata:

You walk from the car park to the fire station. From there you see already the via ferrata. 

Descent the via ferrate:

From the exit you walk the way back to the car park. 

More details: www.climbers-paradise.com/en/


Getting here

  • Arrival by public transport

    Enjoy a both comfortable and relaxing train ride to the train station in Ötztal Bahnhof. You get off the train in ÖTZTAL Bahnhof where you change to a public bus or local taxi. The current bus schedule can be found at: http://fahrplan.vvt.at

  • Parking

    The following parking facilities are available in Piburg:

     - car park Piburg; payable 

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