Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Rob Johnson explains the essentials of choosing and using your first ice axe and crampons for winter mountaineering. Ever year as winter rolls around, you ...

Ice cleats are little siblings to crampons. Crampons are heavy-duty traction devices that were designed primarily for ice climbing and mountaineering. In comparison, ice cleats are typically ...

They meld to ice patches and bite into hard snow ... (Despite the name, these cleats can’t be used as mountaineering crampons, which have larger, sharper steel spikes and a rigid frame for ...

Selecting the right location is crucial for a successful ice climbing trip in the Canadian Rockies. Banff and Canmore are ...

Extraordinary, unique pieces of gear for ski mountaineering: Corsa Race ice axe – the lightest in the world –, the Rapid Racing backpack or the G Comp Evo glove. The X-Dream ice axe, the Blade Runner ...

a single cam for rock climbing can cost well over $80, and ice tools cost another couple hundred. Additionally, add on slings, carabiners, harnesses, and crampons, and you may already be into the ...

In Svalbard, the glaciers, notably the accessible Longyearbreen near Longyearbyen and the remote Tempelfjorden, provide ...

“One of the best sounds in alpine mountaineering is the sound of crampons and ice axes on good firm snow,” he says. The Sandy Glacier flows down a steep bowl about two-thirds of the way up ...

Ice climbers use ice axes and crampons on their boots as aids for ascents of ice walls. When climbing, its a common practice ...

A video shows a man slamming an ice axe into a frozen waterfall, sending shards cascading down a drop of over 200m. All that's keeping him from following suit is a single screw drilled into the ...

Proper climbing gear, including crampons, ice axes, ropes, ice screws and appropriate clothing, are required. Despite the ...