[pct-l] Walking with ice ax

[sfox@eskimo.com (sf)]

> thanks. I have a pair of walking crampons [Grivel -- 6 points, no front
> points. The bindings work with soft hiking shoes] What would that change?


That works great for trails. But on very steep slopes they tend to roll.
You really need full crampons. BTW I've used the Stubai aluminum crampons
(10 points) with running shoes on glaciers. It worked great.But my feet
didn't like the long sidehills. Boots are better for such situations.