Ideal for variable, mixed terrain, Petzl’s Sarken Crampons (€155) attach easily using a U-shaped stirrup at the front and a wire heel.
With these 12-point crampons you’ll find it easy to penetrate hard ice and have stable front pointing on mixed terrain. They are ideal for everything from trekking on steep snow hills, glaciers or even attacking a true ice climb in the Alps. The anti-balling plates (to stop snow build up underfoot) are also a welcome feature.
Petzl products are available from Exposure, Castlebar; 53 Degrees North, Carrickmines and Blanchardstown; The Great Outdoors, Dublin 2; Snow+Rock, Dundrum; and River Deep Mountain High, Galway and Limerick.
