17 April 1998

Clot de la Siva, France

The next day was to be our last this trip ... not having time to get to anything high, and the snow rapidly making the low level routes difficult. Additionally I was not yet confident in picking routes on the map and wanted the comfort of a route in a book. .. this would be something to work on the next year.

Opposite the camp-site was a little peak called Clot de Silva, and on an evening stroll we had seen a small sign at the bottom that indicated a via ferrata.

Later I would know this as the Via ferrata les Vigneaux, but for now it was a day out that promised a mountain route and some climbing.


It proved to be a much more "traditional"  Via Ferrata with protection but only support on the really vertical sections, where a few rungs were cemented in

Another enjoyable day to finish off the trip