Via ferrata du Diable

The via ferrata du Diable combines 7 independent sections for all levels (easy to very difficult). One of the biggest via ferrata in the Alps, with breathtaking scenery in the Arc gorges. Professional supervision recommended.

Description

The 7 via ferrata du diable routes can be completed independently of each other. They can also be linked together. The total loop with 7 routes represents a length of 3,760 m and varies from 6 to 8 hours. It is imperative to follow the direction of the routes.

If the seven sections of Le Diable bear such evocative names, it's perhaps because the quality of their routes merits their inclusion in the bible of ferratists. One thing's for sure: you're in for a day in paradise with the 3,760 meters of this surprising and magnificent via "en boucle".

The courses are located at the foot of the Aussois and La Norma resorts. They unfold between the forts of l'Esseillon and the vertiginous Arc gorges.

A strategic gateway to Italy, the chain of five Esseillon forts has watched over the Mont-Cenis pass since 1832. Facing the Vanoise National Park, between Fort Victor-Emmanuel and the Redoute Marie-Thérèse, a wide cirque opens up, traversed by the via ferrata du Diable.

This is one of the most beautiful and largest via ferrata in the Alps. The scenery in the gorges de l'Arc is grandiose; the atmosphere is wild (especially in the off-season or in winter when there's no one around); you climb among swallows, swifts and tichodromes.

The routes are varied: ascents, descents, crossings, with numerous footbridges of different types and scenery near a waterfall and in the Esseillon forts.

A major tourist attraction in Haute Maurienne Vanoise in summer: a must for children, thrill-seekers and visiting climbers alike!

Equipment

• Public WC
• Parking nearby
• Via ferrata

Additional welcome

Accessible to families and children (for maximum comfort and safety, we advise you to be supervised and roped up), and more particularly for people:
- measuring less than 1.40 m
- weighing less than 40 kg or more than 120 kg, as the lanyards are not designed to absorb shock.

• Minimum age: 5 years

Environments

• Mountain location
• Isolated
• Village 2 km away

Rates

Free access.

Opening period

From 01/01 to 31/12.
Closed until June 21, 2025 for maintenance.

Subject to favorable weather.

Additional opening

• Subject to favorable weather

Spoken languages

• French

Location

Gorges de l'Arc between the Victor Emmanuel and Marie-Thérèse forts on the Esseillon site in the communes of Aussois and Avrieux.
Access from Aussois: take the RD 215 down to the Fort Victor-Emmanuel parking lot.
From the RD 1006, park in the Redoute Marie-Thérèse parking lot.

Documents

• Via ferrata du Diable (pdf)

Animals

Pets allowed : No