How do you use splitboard crampons?

When splitboarding, slopes can sometimes be steep, and get hard and icy. To stop yourself slipping, you need to use special "crampons" on the most difficult ascents.

Splitboard crampons are metal components that you attach under the binding. They are essential, sturdy, lightweight accessories that help keep you safe on icy and slippery ground.

View video tutorial on how to use splitboard crampons

HOW DO YOU USE SPLITBOARD CRAMPONS?

Step by step guide to mounting crampons

1/ To avoid getting into difficulty when attaching them, plan ahead and put them on before reaching the tricky part of the slope.
2/ Remove your splitboard.
3/ Attach the crampons to the middle of your splitboard by sliding them into the inserts, under the bindings, designed for this purpose.
3/ Put your skis back on.

The crampons will lift as you walk uphill and then anchor in the snow as you put your heel down, preventing you from sliding back.

To remove them, you just have to slide them in the opposite direction:nothing could be simpler!

So you are now fully informed about when and how to mount splitboard crampons!
Theory OK, now it's time to put it into practice!

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