Once reserved for mountain towns, iron-rung climbing courses called via ferratas are showing up in places like Columbus, Ohio. Here’s where else to try one.

In the case of Castle Rock Conglomerate, it seems groundwater met underlying, silica-rich volcanic rock. “Like a cave, only this is happening on a microscopic level,” Hagadorn said, ...

CNY Outdoors; New Via Ferrata opens this spring, the first in Upstate NY’s rock climbing mecca. Published: ; Jan. 19, 2024, 4:45 p.m.

In the case of Castle Rock Conglomerate, it seems groundwater met underlying, silica-rich volcanic rock. “Like a cave, only this is happening on a microscopic level,” Hagadorn said, ...