What are the Blue Ice Harfang Enduro Crampons?
The Blue Ice Harfang Enduro Crampons are your go-to gear for ski mountaineering and mountaineering. These full-steel crampons offer a perfect balance of durability, packability, and weight, ensuring you're ready for any icy adventure. From glacier traverses and ice climbing to snowy ridgeline hikes, they got you covered.
What are they made of?
The Harfang Enduro 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, secondary, 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 Enduro 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 Enduro 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 interchangeable front bails add to their versatility. They allow compatibility with boots that have a front toe welt and those that do not, making them adaptable to different types of footwear.
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 Harfang Enduro Crampons include a semi-automatic toe basket and an automatic standard toe bail, providing options for various boot types.
Additionally, these crampons are sold with a convenient storage bag, making transport and organisation a breeze.
Features:
- Chromoly steel front, secondary, and rear rails
- UHMWPE and HTPE 40mm center strap
- Interchangeable front bails (fully auto and semi-auto)
- Heel lever with micro adjustment
- Fixed pivoting point cable attachment
- TPU Active ABS
- Includes semi-automatic toe basket, automatic standard toe bail, and storage bag