> With both the National Park Service and Forest Service currently challenging the ban on fixed climbing anchors on public lands, they may become more common in the near future.
This is completely backward; there is currently not a ban on fixed climbing anchors in wilderness areas, and the NPS and Forest Service are attempting to create bans through a backdoor by updating their climbing management guidelines.
There is no way via ferratas are ever going to go into wilderness areas. People can argue whether the occasional fixed rappel anchor is an impermissible “installation” under the Wilderness Act. But everyone agrees that via ferratas are.
This is completely backward; there is currently not a ban on fixed climbing anchors in wilderness areas, and the NPS and Forest Service are attempting to create bans through a backdoor by updating their climbing management guidelines.
There is no way via ferratas are ever going to go into wilderness areas. People can argue whether the occasional fixed rappel anchor is an impermissible “installation” under the Wilderness Act. But everyone agrees that via ferratas are.