I got pair of these last year for the snow and ice as i didnt fancy Crampons
would well recommend them ,great for popping on and off your feet
http://www.kahtoola.com/microspikes.php
Hi Havenchris - Thanks - aren't those microspikes great - we even thought they would be worth having in your pack for those really slippery grass slopes you can get in summer sometimes, although not sure what that would do to the spikes. Not sure you can sharpen them??
I have crampons and the microspikes and like both, but going downhill, if it is quite steep - I would choose crampons everytime.......from what I remember of the shuffle along the ridge though, it was coated in places with that nasty verdiglas ice (can't remember what it is properly called, but hard and invisible coating of clear ice) and didn't have crampons or microspikes with me ........