crampons

[Whatcomboy]

Anybody made anti-snow plates for the bottom of crampons? What worked best?

[ADKMan]

I've never actually made them before but I would imagine material from a plastic milk jug would work.

[ajpederson]

I made some once with milk jugs and zip ties. They worked for a while. The zip ties kept cracking and eventually i gave up and just bought some.

[tvashtarkatena]

An abrasion proof plastic like polypropylene (whitewater kayaks) or acetal (fastex) would work. Tool organizer trays for the back of a car or blown out pickup truck liner - that kind of thing, would probably get you closer to what the mfgr's actually use for the real thing.

Edited April 24, 2013 by tvashtarkatena

[CaleHoopes]

Milk jugs are good. I've had many friends do that. One of my partners on Denali had a full foot cutout from a milk jug on his crampon when he went for the summit.

[G-spotter]

i have never found antibottes help much

[mike1]

I wired on some cutouts from plastic bleach bottles to my old BD Switchblades. They only lasted for a couple climbs and weren't as effective as the rubber ones on my M12's. May be because those old BD's were cookie-cutters...

[Woodcutter]

Milk jugs are HDPE I think.

I have bought it cheap as offcuts from TAP plastics in Seattle, many different thicknesses, easy to work.

[Whatcomboy]

Just messing around in the shop on an old loaner pair.