United States · Oak Creek Canyon, near Zion, Utah
Eye of the Needle & Via Ferrata
Eye of the Needle via ferrata
The story is exceptional and specific: we descend through the waterfalls of a slot canyon then the 450-foot ferrata becomes the exit path.
Score / 100
3 distinct sources
- Type
- Outdoor via ferrata or fixed-equipment experience
- Duration
- Unknown
- Grade
- Not documented
- Best period
- Check locally
Why it enters the Top 100
An experience ranked for its story and distinctiveness.
The experience descends a private canyon via six to eight rappels, including a 150-foot waterfall, before ascending approximately 450 feet of cliff via a veritable via ferrata with cables, rungs and fixed protection. The guided route lasts eight to ten hours or more and the via ferrata forms the vertical exit necessary to return to the mesa after the canyon. Smithsonian presents it as the only via ferrata in the world going up from a slot canyon; this singularity is preserved as an attribution and not as a definitively established universal fact.
What sets it apart: The experience descends a private canyon via six to eight rappels, including a 150-foot waterfall, before ascending approximately 450 feet of cliff via a true via ferrata with cables, rungs and fixed protection.; The guided route lasts eight to ten hours or more and the via ferrata forms the vertical exit necessary to return to the mesa after the canyon.; Smithsonian presents it as the only via ferrata in the world going up from a slot canyon; this singularity is preserved as an attribution and not as a definitively established universal fact.
Score breakdown
Median / 5Traceability
The facts behind the profile.
The experience descends a private canyon via six to eight rappels, including a 150-foot waterfall, before ascending approximately 450 feet of cliff via a veritable via ferrata with cables, rungs and fixed protection.
The guided route lasts eight to ten hours or more and the via ferrata forms the vertical exit necessary to return to the mesa after the canyon.
Smithsonian presents it as the only via ferrata in the world going up from a slot canyon; this singularity is preserved as an attribution and not as a definitively established universal fact.
Geographical precision: Coordinate of the place, summit or associated locality, not the start of the via ferrata; Do not use for terrain navigation.