Black Diamond Xenic Ski Crampons

Closed, opens at 10amIndependent shop in FremontDirections

Available from Cripple Creek Backcountry when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

In French we call them couteaux and in Spanish we call them cuchillos, in other words, 'blades'! When the melt/freeze cycle kicks in for spring touring, there are a few ways for us to get up those steep pitches to access the goods: we can throw our skis on our backs, put crampons on our feet and walk... we can put in that uber-steep, straight-up-the-gut skin track and hope our skins hold, or we can affix some simple ski crampons! These Black Diamond Xenic ski crampons work in the same way as the