Which crampons for my AT boots?

[fallzboater]

I'm using size 28.0 Mega Rides, looking for some fairly lightweight, reasonably-priced, convenient step-in crampons. For glacier travel, nothing super steep.

[JoeStrummer]

I have cheap Salewa aluminums, they work fine and are light. Someone will tell you to go with steel but not necessary for any tour I do, even climbing some mixed stuff in my Megarides.

[bfree]

Lots of info with the Search function, something light like BD neves or CAMP ones would do just fine.

[summer_teeth]

Camp Stalker Automatics; 12 point steel, comes with anti-bott, crampn bag, and their light (for steel) and cheap.

[alive]

Camp nanotech. Aluminum with steel front points. Worked great with my megarides and still fit the longer BSL of the methods...

[hutash]

I use Camp steel. I just don't trust aluminum, but others like them. Just make sure they work with your boots. Mine have the metal bail across the toe. Infidel08 had some BD's with the plastic toe that we found out didn't work with his boots at a very inopportune time.

[harpo-the-skier]

I have the camp XLC 390, the all aluminum one. It is plenty durable for the mountain I go up, they survive rock scrambling very well. If you plan to do a lot of front pointing get the nano tech ones with steel front points, but I have all steel ones for ice climbing.

[GeezerSteve]

#1 consideration is that they fit well and securely. A poorly fitted crampon can be very dangerous. Al works fine for 95%+ of the conditions I encounter these days. (Frontpoint routes are the stuff of my past). The BD Neve Pro, a 10-point shallow point general alpine Al crampon, fits many AT boots very well, including my F3's, goes on fast, are pretty light and perform fine. My Stubai Al crampons are more aggressive, which is nice for some routes, but they don't fit securely on my AT boots and seem to be made with general mountaineering boots in mind. Classic SMC steel crampons with Scottish straps are relatively heavy but bomber, cheap (widely available used) and time-tested. Grivel makes several models of very fine Al crampons, some of which fit AT boots okay, some of which do not. Camp crampons seem to be a good value.

[hafilax]

I just used a set of Petzl Charlet Vasaks for the north ramp of Mt. Harvey which is 45-60* snow and ice. They were the strap type and worked great with my megarides. Even did a little front pointing.