Via ferrata in Wānaka

Good to know about via ferrata in Wānaka

• Wildwire sets minimum ages of ten, twelve and fifteen for its three climbing levels, and anyone under sixteen climbs with an adult.
• Wildwire sets a weight range and a minimum height for all its cable climbs and gives them on its own page.
• Wildwire meets climbers at its gate at Twin Falls on the Wānaka to Mount Aspiring road, and may have a seat in its staff van from the Wānaka visitor information centre for climbers without a car, arranged ahead by email and not guaranteed, which comes back once in the afternoon after every trip has finished.
• Wildwire says its cable climbs run in most conditions except heavy rain and snow.
• Wildwire's new route, The Wild Thing, opens on the first of December, runs from December to February and takes climbers of fifteen and over.
• Beyond Wildwire's gate, the Department of Conservation says the Wānaka to Mount Aspiring road turns to gravel for its last thirty kilometres towards Raspberry Creek, with creek fords in its last ten kilometres that rise in heavy rain.

Details checked October 2026. Confirm with the operator before you book.