What are the Blue Ice Harfang Alpine Crampons?
The Blue Ice Harfang Alpine Crampons are engineered for mountaineering enthusiasts who demand reliability and peak performance. Constructed with robust materials and flexible central straps, these crampons deliver exceptional balance and compactness. They ensure a secure fit and optimal grip, making them the perfect choice for tackling challenging mountain terrains.
What are they made of?
The Harfang Alpine Crampons are made from high-strength chromoly steel that offers durability and toughness. Chromoly steel, an alloy of chromium and molybdenum, is known for its high strength and excellent abrasion, impact, and wear resistance. This steel makes it ideal for the crampons' front and rear rails, ensuring they can withstand the rigours of ice and rock in the most demanding mountaineering conditions.
The crampons' central strap is made from ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) and high-tenacity polyethylene (HTPE). UHMWPE is known for its strength-to-weight ratio, being incredibly strong while remaining lightweight. It is highly resistant to abrasion, impacts, and chemical wear, ensuring longevity and reliability in harsh environments. HTPE complements UHMWPE by providing additional tensile strength and flexibility, allowing the strap to maintain its integrity under stress while facilitating ease of movement.
What are their features?
The Harfang Alpine Crampons are designed to meet mountaineers' demands. They are certified to meet CE EN 893 and UIAA 153 standards, ensuring high performance and safety in the most challenging environments.
CE EN 893 is a European standard that specifies safety requirements and testing methods for mountaineering equipment, including crampons. This certification ensures the equipment meets safety and performance criteria, giving users confidence in its reliability and durability.
UIAA certification indicates that the crampons have undergone rigorous testing to meet the highest standards of safety and effectiveness in the field.
The Alpine Crampons come with the heel lever with micro adjustment. This feature allows for precise fitting, enabling you to fine-tune the crampons for maximum stability and comfort across various boot types.
The fixed pivoting point cable attachment enhances flexibility and movement, ensuring a secure connection between the front and rear sections of the crampons, providing a snug fit and reliable performance.
The crampons feature a versatile design with three sets of holes for a wide range of bail adjustments. This feature allows precise customisation to accommodate various boot shapes and sizes, ensuring a secure and stable fit. The multiple-hole configurations provide flexibility in positioning the bails, making it easier to achieve the optimal alignment and grip for different types of mountaineering boots. This adaptability enhances the crampons' overall performance and user comfort, especially when navigating diverse and challenging terrains.
Another feature is the TPU Active Anti-Balling System (ABS), which prevents snow from accumulating underfoot, ensuring that you maintain optimal traction and performance, even in snowy conditions. This feature is crucial for maintaining stability and safety during your climbs.
The Blue Ice Harfang Alpine Crampons are sold with both an automatic compact toe bail and a semi-auto toe basket, offering versatile attachment options to suit various boot types. The automatic compact toe bail is designed for boots with front and rear welts, ensuring a secure and precise fit essential for high-performance mountaineering. This feature provides a quick and efficient setup, making it ideal for technical climbs where time and reliability are crucial. The semi-auto toe basket, on the other hand, offers compatibility with a broader range of boots, including those without a front welt. This flexibility allows users to adapt the crampons to different footwear, enhancing their utility across diverse alpine conditions.
Additionally, these crampons are sold with a convenient storage bag, making transport and organisation a breeze.
Features:
- Chromoly steel front and rear rails with antibott system
- Asymmetrical front rail design
- UHMWPE and HTPE 40mm center strap
- Automatic and semi-automatic attachment systems
- Compact toe bail and semi-auto toe basket
- Heel lever with micro adjustment
- Fixed pivoting point cable attachment
- TPU Active ABS
- Storage bag for quick deployment