Via ferrata, which is Italian for "iron path," is one of the best ways to experience the high alpine terrain of a ski area in the summer. These unique climbing routes are equipped with iron rungs ...

This particular climbing trail is via ferrata-style, built on the rock wall of a mountain using steel handrails, footrests, tethers and cables to enable people to climb the steep rock walls.

We’re paused in the middle of this bridge, the highest point on the via ferrata in Quebec’s Parc national du Fjord-du-Saguenay, 130 metres over the treetops of Eternity Bay. “You must ...