Black Diamond Vipec/Tecton Crampon Traxion

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.

You have one face left to climb until you are at the top. That beautiful sheen you admired from the base is in your face and you realize with a certain amount of frustration that it isn't flawless snow, but an icy veneer. You make one tentative step forward only to have your skin slide right out from under you. For the rest of the climb, you slowly tip toe up the face hoping that you won't slide back down. We have all been there once, and hopefully only once. If you have the Black Diamond Vipec