Tahoe Via — Skyline Traverse
Palisades Tahoe · Olympic Valley · near Olympic Valley / Truckee · Sierra Nevada / Yosemite
Via Ferrata
At a glance
- Route type
- guided-via
- Cost
- tour
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Best season
- May–October; go morning for calm air on the bridge
What is here
- Amenities
- Harness, helmet & via kit provided · AMGA-trained guides · Chimney squeeze & ledge systems · Photo stop mid-bridge
- Best for
- Maximum exposure without climbing skills
- Features
- 50-ft two-cable Super Monkey Bridge · A chimney passage through the mountain · The most committing line on Tram Face · One-at-a-time bridge crossings — camera ready
Worth knowing
- Hazards
- The Super Monkey Bridge is genuinely airy — two cables, nothing else · Longest, most physical of the Tahoe Via tours · Not the one to start with if heights are new to you · Wind can make the bridge crossing spicy
- Family friendly
- No
Via Ferrata detail
- Nickname
- The Super Monkey Bridge line
- Hardware
- cable · rungs · bridge
- Exposure
- 5
- Iron notes
- The thrill-seeker's 4-hour route — an exploratory line up slabs, ledges and a narrow chimney that squeezes right through the mountain, then out across the Super Monkey Bridge: a 50-foot cable bridge with one cable for your hands and one for your feet
- Logistics note
- 4-hr tour from $269 pp (2026); guided-only (Alpenglow Expeditions); the biggest, airiest tour on the Tahoe Via
- No lottery
- Yes
- Intl tip
- The airiest guided climbing experience in California — a 4-hour via ferrata route through a chimney inside the mountain and across a 50-ft, two-cable 'Super Monkey Bridge' high above Olympic Valley. Guided-only, all gear included, ~$269. Book the morning slot for calm air, and warm up on a shorter Tahoe Via tour first if big exposure is new.
The guide
The Skyline Traverse is the Tahoe Via's answer to anyone who found the standard routes too tame. The 4-hour tour breaks left of…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Tahoe Via — Skyline Traverse — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 39.191, -120.243