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For those routes, a normal axe and just about any ice tool would work just fine for you. Two short tools would be annoying on the significant low-angle terrain encountered on those routes.

 

Yes, that's what I was thinking. But I don't want to collect a lot of gear either. The more I do, the more I want to do and end up doing, so waterfall ice is not out of the question in the future either.

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For those routes, a normal axe and just about any ice tool would work just fine for you. Two short tools would be annoying on the significant low-angle terrain encountered on those routes.

 

What ice axe have people found effective for hard ice? I've recently concluded that my Omega Pacific is useless unless you can get a couple of teeth in.

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I like the Grivel Air Tech Evo. The BD Raven Pro and the Venom are good too. With a little file work, any of the Grivel axes will do.

 

The regular raven does not perform well because it has a cast head making the pick thicker than that of forged heads.

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