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Black Diamond Neve Strap Crampons with ABS

item #BLD1050
Price: $149.95 Buy Black Diamond Neve Strap Crampons with ABS
Black Diamond Neve Strap Crampons with ABS
Black Diamond Neve Strap Crampons with ABS description:
Attach the Black Diamond Neve Strap Crampons to your shoes before crossing the steep snow slope guarding your alpine rock route. These crampons' full-strap attachment system and tool-free length adjustment help them fit on nearly any hiking boots, approach shoes, or trail running shoes available. Aluminum construction keeps their weight at only 1lb 1oz and provides solid traction on hard spring snow. Though they're not a good choice for ice or mixed climbing, the Black Diamond Neve Strap Crampons are ideal for any backcountry travel where snow crossing is likely.

Bottom Line: Take on steep snow in any shoes with the Black Diamond Neve Strap Crampons.

Black Diamond Neve Strap Crampons with ABS customer reviews:

These crampons rock
I've used these for several glacier and snow climbs (Hood, Shasta, etc.) and they are great. I love the light weight, and they're pretty burly. I wouldn't use them on steep ice, but their weight makes them idea for less extreme routes. They fit pretty well on my mountaineering boots, even without step-in bindings. If the route isn't super technical, I grab these before my Grivel G12s.


xlnt
these are excellent for snowy and icy conditions. My favorite use is hiking out of Yosemite Valley when the trail is well trod and slippery as hell. Without these 1 pound crampons, I'm sliding all over the place, and with snowshoes, I'm sliding all over the ice and other people get all butt-hurt for hogging the narrow trails.


In between...
These are almost like a quiver item. You would need heavier crampons for anything more serious than a "likely snow crossing," but I think you could also fill in the bottom end with something like YakTracks or some sort of spikes that attach to hiking boots or shoes. The product itself is great, as you can almost always expect from Black Diamond, but is somewhat limited in its application.



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