I live in the Midwest. I’m not climbing alpine trails, or scaling ice walls. Why did I buy these then, you ask? Well, simple… we got 3 feet of snow that then blew around the next day and I had 4-5 feet sitting on my roof that needed to come off. I finally had an excuse to buy a set of good crampons, that excuse being I need to get on the roof to remove the snow (removal from the ground is for lazy people). To take on the pitch of my roof I settled on the Sabretooth clip style. They fit perfectly on my Merrell thermo overlook boots and the back stays secure even with the boots mild heel welt that isn’t a real heel welt but rather a small grove. I was able to walk around the packed snow on my roof and shove it off. Never slipped, never felt unstable, never felt at risk of going over. They’re also going to be a nice addition to my pack for hunting season here just in case as well as my plans to go to Alaska to hunt.
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