Grivel Mountaineering Equipment

Grivel has been making ice axes, crampons and ice screws since 1818. Their metallurgy is simply second to none. From their base looking out at Mont Blanc, they will always be inspired to produce the best.

The Grivel family of blacksmiths, started to transform their production of agricultural tools. So the ice axe came into being surrounded by scepticism. The English engineer Oskar Eckenstein was received with similar scepticism when he asked Henry Grivel to manufacture the first modern crampons, and it was Henry's son Laurent who made the brilliant addition of the two front points, allowing climbers to stand face on whilst attacking the steep ice and snow gradients.