HELP: Light-weight crampons

I would like to hear some feedback from all those light weight gear aficionados out there.<br><br>After battling with my heavy Grivel Rambo's for the past couple of years I am now looking to buy a pair of lighter crampons. I am considering a pair of Camp XL 390's or something else made of aluminium alloy. Does any one have feedback about the durability of these crampons and whether they are suitable for steep snow (+45 degrees).<br><br>Please respond if you have suggestions about a crampon you are lovin right now!!! (doesn't have to be aluminium)<br><br>Thanks...Matt.

How hard is your 45 degree snow? Jim Nelson says he has climbed AI 3 with his aluminum crampons. <br><br>Stay off the rocks and you'll be fine, unless you anticipate climbing lots of ice with them.

Been using my aluminum Kong step in's for at least 10 years. Got lots of volcano miles on them. And while most of the miles are on snow I'm not really that careful what I walk on. In fact at first I walked on rock a lot just to dull them (old people crampon themselves a lot ). 'Course I wouldn't use them front pointing on waterfall ice (if I ever did such a thing).

<br><br>The BD Sabretooths are not uber-light, but very versatile, solid, and fit my AT boots (Garmonts) like a charm. Re: weight, you can always skip the anti-bod plates. My feeling, is if you are keeping the crampons for an occasional icy patch on the way to skiing, then go Al, if you are into mtneering and skiing too, go for steel, stay much sharper and therefor safer.<br>cheers<br>Drew

Thanks for the feedback so far.<br><br>Ya, I won't be doing any ice climbing with these new suckers. Mostly early morning ice crust and steep spring corn (e.g. Shuksan summit pyramid).<br>

I've had the stubai ultralights for several years, and I use them for almost everything. They've held up fine. They're not very good for real blue ice, but for steep hard snow, they're fine...