Approximately how long does the Telluride Via Ferrata route take?
I'd like to know approximately how long it takes to do the Telluride Via Ferrata route. I've seen estimates anywhere from 2 hours to 6+ hours which seems extremely wide to me. How long does the actual route take assuming / how long is it? Assume reasonable fitness and not scared of heights.
I'm going to attempt it next week so if no one answers, I'll probably fill this in.
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I talked to a local guide and they said typically on a weekday it will take someone in reasonable shape who isn't afraid of heights 2 to 3 hours to complete Telluride's Via Ferrata route. I will update my answer after I complete the route for accuracy and conditions.
I completed it in ~4 hours with 2 friends who are avid hikers but none of us had any experience on via ferrata. We took a 30 minute lunch break in the middle and went at a medium pace in my opinion. Most of it was just hiking on a cliff side trail. There we're ~3 parts that were more intense and required hanging from "the iron road". Most of it was goat path hiking or narrow ledge hiking.
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The thing with Via Ferrata routes is how long you take often depends on the size of your group, their fitness, and how comfortable everyone is with heights and using their gear.
I've seen people at a crawl on some simple via ferrata lines that provide some assistance on high exposure parts of popular hikes. They have both hands on the cable, bodies as low as they can get them and close to the rock, terrified of the drop to their side, while others would comfortably walk past them without even touching the line.
Not everyone is going to do the route in the same amount of time, you need to take the average and apply that to your level of speed and fitness, but you also need to factor in the possibility of traffic jams, you could get stuck behind a slow group. If I were you, I'd give myself a lot of extra time, get an early start, plan on somewhere around 4 hours and see how you do.
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