Colorado Via Ferratas

AVA Rafting & Zipline

Idaho Springs, Colorado

Built into the natural landscape

Guided tour

Min. age 12

Includes ziplines

Explore the Mount Evans Via Ferrata, an exciting course built into the cliff face over historic Idaho Springs. The course allows visitors to climb high above the town and the Chicago Creek, with a 70 foot rappel and multiple exciting ziplines! This is a guided, half-day adventure experience, suitable for all ages 12 and up.

AVA Rafting & Zipline

Buena Vista, Colorado

Built into the natural landscape

Guided tour

Min. age 12

Includes ziplines

Experience beautiful Buena Vista, the Collegiate Peaks Mountain Range, and the Arkansas River from a new angle on AVA’s Granite Via Ferrata. The course will get your heart racing as you traverse across the rocky cliff face, as well as offer stunning views of one of Colorado’s most beautiful areas along the entire course! This is a guided, half-day adventure experience, suitable for all ages 12 and up.

Maintained by Telluride Mountain Club

Telluride, Colorado near Ajax Peak

Unguided climbing experience

Requires safety knowledge

Climbers provide own gear

For more experienced climbers, we recommend Telluride’s unguided Via Ferrata course. This thrilling and renowned adventure route, nestled in Colorado’s majestic San Juan Mountains below Ajax Peak, provides stunning vistas of Bridal Veil Falls, Ingram Falls, and the mesmerizing box canyon. This is an unguided course, so those wishing to experience this Via Ferrata should have prior mountaineering and climbing experience, as well as their own gear. Local guides may be available for tours of the Telluride Via Ferrata.

Royal Gorge Bridge and Park

Cañon City, Colorado

Guided Tour

Min. age 10

The Royal Gorge Via Ferrata is one of the attractions at the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park. It crosses the Arkansas River and climbs into the park’s granite wall formations. This is guided course, offering several climbing options.

Kent Mountain Adventure Center

Estes Park, Colorado

Must have prior experience for Cloud Ladder

Guided tour

Min. age 12

The Peregrine Arete Via Ferrata offers a challenging ascent along a narrow ridge, providing jaw-dropping views of the surrounding canyons and rock formations. On the Cloud Ladder Via Ferrata, climbers navigate an exposed cliffside route with exhilarating vertical sections and a series of ladders that add an extra element of excitement. These are guided courses, requiring varying levels of experiences.

Located in Ouray Ice Park Gorge

Ouray, Colorado

An Upstream and Downstream route

Unguided Via Ferrata experience

Check out the Ouray Ice Park rules

Located in the heart of the San Juan Mountains, this Via Ferrata offers a thrilling experience as climbers traverse exposed ledges, scale vertical cliffs, and navigate iron rungs. Unique features include a “Sky Ladder”– a bridge across the gorge–and a challenging “Sky Climb.” The ice park offers a “Downstream” and an “Upstream” route, with the latter being more challenging and including fewer integrations in favor of natural features. Both routes are unguided and previous experience is suggested; however, guides may be hired through several services.