Snow shovel blade for ice axe?

[wannabe]

I was on a recent trip and thought that a snow shovel blade that would mount on my mt axe would be very handy for some basic camp duties rather than packing in a seperate snow shovel.

 

Anyone know of a good maker of such a device? I might have to rig a lame home made version if not.

Thanks in advance for any feedback.

[fear_and_greed]

Here's what I did,

http://hydrogenplusstupidity.blogspot.com/

[John Frieh]

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/threadz/s...true#Post525003

[pup_on_the_mountain]

Sorry for the thread shift ... I recently bought a snowclaw - the aluminium one. Seems adequate for moderate uses in an alpine climb, and will probably be lighter than a blade which fits the shaft of your axe. You won't be able to rescue someone buried in an avy though .

 

Any one else has any experience/opinions on the snowclaw?