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When traveling across ice, snow and windswept ridges, the Contact crampon provides winter hikers and glacier travelers secure footing. Its semi-rigid, 10-point design offers easy walking, and the fast-adjust attachment system can accommodate almost any hiking or mountaineering footwear. One size fits all. ABS plates included.
Walk on any frozen surface with almost any type of footwear when you strap on Black Diamond's Contact Strap crampons. Fine tune the quick-adjust strap system to dial in the fit while you move without fear of slipping thanks to the stability of horizontal rails, 10 points and sole flexibility.
The Black Diamond Contact Crampons' full-strap attachment works with nearly any boots or shoes, so you can use them for everything from mountaineering to winter hiking. Their steel frame provides solid purchase on glaciers, and the low 1lb 12oz weight won't make you cringe when you take them backpacking. The Contact Strap Crampons come with ABS plates to reduce snowballing in sticky snow conditions. Count on these simple, versatile crampons whether you take them on grade 3 ice or a spring ascent of an alpine couloir.

The Black Diamond Contact Strap Crampon With ABS (Anti Balling System) is lightweight, tough and easy to put on. With 10 points the Contact crampon is ideal for mountaineers, skiers and hikers.
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| Attachment Points: | Front and rear |
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| Attachment Type: | Full strap |
| Binding style: | strap |
| Country of Origin: | China |
| Fits boots: | 4 - 12 (Men's US), 34 - 46 (European) |
| Material: | steel |
| Number of Points: | 10 |
| Recommended Use: | Glacier travel, winter hiking, easy ice climbing |
| Type: | hinged |
| Warranty: | 1 Year |
| Weight: | 1lb 12oz 9780g) without ABS |
| Weight per pair: | 1 lb 15 oz |
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| Black Diamond Contact Strap Crampons with Antibott Device | $129.95 | |
| Black Diamond Contact ABS | $27.95 |
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| Gray | 129.95 |
| With ABS | 129.95 |
Mountain Gear offers this product at $124.00, but does not provide any color/size information.
SummitHut.com offers this product at $124.95, but does not provide any color/size information.
Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) offers this product at $129.95, but does not provide any color/size information.
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My First Crampons | |
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I strapped these onto a pair of Lowa Banff's and they worked great. Once you get them fitted, which took about five minutes, they were on and off within a few seconds and never had to readjust them once attached. I was completely confident while I was ascending a steep chute which is a good thing because you don't want to have to focus on gear at that point. I used these while climbing the Mt. Whitney Mountaineers Route on snow which ranged from hard frozen early morning crust to soft afternoon crud and I never had a problem or any difficulties. The ABS plates come with them and already installed and they worked fine. They are very well made and durable and I can see myself using these for years to come. | |
| Gregory Stamey at Backcountry.com on 07/04/2009 | |
Perfect Hiking Crampon | |
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| These are great hiking and backpacking crampons. They work on regular hiking boots that aren't designed for crampon use. This means, that for winter hiking you do not need to use heavy, uncomfortable mountaineering boots. I usually use them on descents during a winter hike. In the Adirondacks and Catskills, lots of the hikes are up stream beds that have ice in them. the stream is too slippery for boots, but with these crampons you can move about sure-footedly. They are easy enough to get on and off, and they are secure when you wear them. These are not for serious mountaineering use, i. e. you cannot summit a 14,000 foot peak in them, but they work great for any place that in the summer, you would use your regular boots for, but in the winter would be too icy. | |
| Charlie at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) on 12/02/2008 | |
Great | |
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| I really liked these crampons; they fit on most any size boot (my buddy Travis had a little problem with his enormous feet). Once I had them on they were a little tough to tighten up all the way and they didn't really hug the back of my heel, but other than that, they have great grip and hold up well. They're a good buy for people who are going to be on a lot of snow fields, and doing any glacial crossings. I haven't tried them on any vertical ice climbing though so I'm not too sure how they work out for that. | |
| Bob at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) on 04/28/2008 | |
Great for Ski Mountaineering | |
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These were my first pair of crampons and I loved them. I used them mainly for ski mountaineering but have done plain snow travel on them as well. They fit on alpine and AT ski boots as well as mountaineering boots just fine. In addition to moderate slopes, they actually handle steep snow very well. I tend to just keep them for the steeps and skin on the shallow. I have used these for front-pointing up 45-50 degree couloirs and they performed flawlessly. | |
| Scott Pendleton at Backcountry.com on 07/31/2009 | |
Simple Solution | |
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A solid 10-point. I use these for ski-mountaineering in the cascades, as well as general alpine climbing. If you're going vertical you'll likely want something a little beefier, but nothing beats the security of the strap on crampon for glacier and snow travel (I've used these up to about 55 degrees with no trouble). I also found that these fit perfectly on my Dynafit Zzeus, and they also fit nicely inside the BD Crampon bag. | |
| The Cascade Kid at Backcountry.com on 06/03/2009 | |
Easy on and off for a first timer on a split trip | |
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I picked these up for my recent splitboard trip up Mt Whitney in the Eastern Sierras. I had never used crampons before but I was told to get some in my kit. They worked great on my board soft boots. I wear a size 11.5 in Salomon Malamute's and these fit fine all though just barely so careful if you have larger feet. They are light compact and will last for years in steel | |
| Daniel Ochoa at Backcountry.com on 05/19/2009 | |
Mt. Washington | |
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wasn't sure how they would play out on snowboard boots but they worked very well on the steeps at tuckermans and the various chutes at mt. washington. some parts are definitely in the 40 degree slopes and one in particular has to be near 50 degrees. its not the gnarly high sierra slot but it certainly made me feel far more comfortable than i have in the past. go get the goods. | |
| reed at Backcountry.com on 06/02/2009 | |
"Super, easy to use, reliable crampon." | |
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| My hands applaud for these easy to attach crampons! Who says fasters isn't better = These super crampons are SO much faster to put on in the morning...my hands didn't get frost bite like they used to with my old, lace up type crampon. They stayed tight and worked great for my Mt. Adam's climb last week. I'm taking them to Mexico for Orizaba in December and have total confidence in them. | |
| Diane at Moosejaw on 08/09/2007 | |
Great Crampons!! | |
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| Great crampons for the avid backpacker/hiker. Went camping in the dax and climbed nippletop and dial mountains. the trails going to the summits are basically frozen creeks so the crampons were excellent. Sometimes would have to walk over rocks and they werent too comfortable then but that was expected. Easy to put on, easy to tighten. had them on in about 3 mins while my friends sat and fiddled with theirs. | |
| Steve from PSU at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) on 11/29/2008 | |
"Very good for the price" | |
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| Nice lightweight mountaineering crampons. Have used them for general mountaineering and vertical ice. Quite nice for walking around in. They preformed very well on the vertical ice, probably because it was a warm day and the ice was pretty soft, I think that they would not do so well with harder ice. Great crampon overall though, especially in not so great quality ice where the horizontal front points work nicely. | |
| R L at Moosejaw on 04/18/2008 | |
not for vertical ice | |
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| i use this product on vertical ice but they did not work it kept sliding off my foot i didn't like it. | |
| liam the ice climber at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) on 04/04/2008 | |
Not so good for lighter people | |
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| Well, the crampons are well made and actually made in USA. They fit great and are easy to stash. The problem with them is that they do not flex. The metal bar between two sections is design to flex under load and it would if you are over 200lb but they do not flex at all if you are 120lb. The rigidity makes walking difficult with blisters on your heels. There should be 3 sets of the flex bars for different weight. | |
| Catskill Peak Bagger at Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) on 02/13/2008 | |