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Black Diamond Sabretooth Clip Crampons

Black Diamond Sabretooth Clip Crampons description

As the most versatile crampons in the Black Diamond line, the Sabretooth Clip Crampons have become a standard throughout the world's mountains and steep ice. These high-performing crampons take on multi-pitch WI5 and long alpine routes with equal efficiency. The front-strap / rear-bail design allows the Sabretooth Clip Crampons to work on a wide variety of plastic, leather, and synthetic boots. Black Diamond made these crampons with horizontal front points to reduce sheering in hard snow, and aggressive secondary point increase stability on steep ice. Now they even come with ABS plates to reduce snowballing in wet-snow conditions.

This is the second pair of these crampons I have owned, gave the first pair to a guide on Aconcagua, and I love them. They work great on any boot I have fitted them to and offer easy adjustments for quick refits. The front toe design allows for use on double plastic as well as traditional mountaineering boots without the fear of your crampon working its way off from moderate angle walking or front point use. Worth the money!!

I use these when I have a route that has a bit of everything in it. Glacier slog, steep chutes and even a few good icy pitches. They hold there own very very well and are a great do it all crampon.

overall, a super solid crampon. toe strap allows pretty much any boot to lock in tightly. Frontpoints work great in ice and wide design is super stable on steep snow too. So far, ABS plates have worked perfectly. The powder coat comes off quick like any crampon but just keep the rust off, sharpen, and you're good to go!