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Black Diamond Neve Pro Crampons with ABS
Hiking the Grand Canyone this winter. The park services suggest...
By LynSqd
Ranked #406 - Ice Climbing
December 14, 2008
Hiking the Grand Canyone this winter. The park services suggest an instep crampon, just in case of snow. Will this be too much? Not sure how well it handels on regular (not icy) surface. How hard are they to take off and then put back on?
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By Rob
Ranked #450 - Ice Climbing
June 9, 2009
No, this is absolutely the wrong thing to use for the Grand Canyon in winter. First, these crampons will almost definitely be incompatible with your boots (you need special, very rigid boots to use these; you'd know it if you had them). Second, crampons like these are intended for climbing mountains, glaciers, and serious ice/snow slopes (think 50 degree angles)--they're not for sporadic snow on a hiking trail. Instead, for your type of task (snow hiking), many mountaineers swear by "Kahtoola Microspikes" as very lightweight hiking crampons. A cheaper, lower-quality alternative is "yaktrax". Do a search for either of those, and your GC trip will be awesome :)
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By Angus Bohanon
Ranked #92 - Ice Climbing
December 14, 2008
This will be too much to wear all the time, but they go on and off easily so go for it.
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