Fallbach via ferrata
The Fallbach via ferrata is a via ferrata of high difficulty ( D / E ) in the municipality of Malta , Spittal an der Drau district , Carinthia , Austria .
Directions and location
From Salzburg and Villach , Malta can be reached via the Tauern Autobahn (A10), exit Gmünd . Then follow the signs to Malta or Maltatal. Around 4 km after the village of Malta, in the Brandstatt district (840 m), on the right of the road, is the Fallbach waterfall , where the Perschitzbach falls over a 200 m high granite wall and thus represents Austria's highest free-falling waterfall. The waterfall area has its own parking lot.
The via ferrata leads through the right wall area of the waterfall and is part of the "Fallbach Water Games and Adventure Park". A maintenance fee of € 5 must be paid for the use of the via ferrata , whereby the confirmation of payment subsequently issued enables the use of the via ferrata for a whole year at no additional cost. It was built and opened in 2004 by the “Maltatal Alpin” tourism initiative.
course
Via the "water theme path" until shortly before the ascent to the viewing platform at the foot of the waterfall. There, cross a wooden bridge secured with steel cable on the right and to the left to the entrance. The exposed, very steep and difficult sport via ferrata leads through the right granite wall of the Fallbach waterfall over around 250 meters in altitude. Very difficult passages were made somewhat easier with brackets, pegs and climbing gym grips.
The structure of the via ferrata is a combination of the “Tyrolean” and “French” styles. It is continuously insured with a non-taut, 8 mm thick safety wire rope and a 16 mm thick, taut handrail wire rope as a climbing aid. The carabiners of the via ferrata set are clipped into the thinner rope. It forms loops in steep passages, into which the climber should fall in the event of a fall. This is to prevent dangerous buckling loads on the carabiners. In a few places there is only one of the two ropes.
The via ferrata consists of about two equally long sections. The first section, mainly rated with difficulty D , leads to a viewing platform known as the "Felskanzel". On the way there is an emergency exit due to the difficulty of the climb, and the via ferrata can also be broken off via the rock pulpit and the associated hiking trail. A rope bridge leads to the second section, which is rated E almost throughout . This leads over steep slabs to the exit at the head zone of the waterfall. From there, a partially secured hiking trail leads to the street and thus back to the car park. The other direction leads over a wooden bridge over the stream to the Loibspitze (2229 m).
A duration of around 2 to 3 hours should be planned for the entire route.
literature
- Via ferrata atlas Alps - by Paul Werner, Iris Kürschner
- Safety and risk in rock and ice - from Pit Schubert
- Via ferrata climbing: equipment, technology, safety - from Pit Schubert
Web links
- Fallbach via ferrata, Styria-Alpin
- Fallbach via ferrata with topography sketch, mountaineering
- Fallbach via ferrata (D / E), Bergfex
- Fallbach via ferrata in the Maltatal, Pension Alte Mühle
Coordinates: 46 ° 59 ′ 3 ″ N , 13 ° 28 ′ 10.9 ″ E