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Stubai Blue Star Light

£45.00

The Blue Star is a well-proven classic ice axe that has been voted Best Buy in past Trail reviews and has provided a popular low-priced option for many years. The design is fairly standard with a straight shaft. The new ‘Light’ version does not have a rubber grip or leash fitted, but on closer inspection the details stack up very ...

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Stubai Blue Star 2009

£49.00

The Stubai Blue Star is a well-proven classic ice axe that has been voted ‘Best Buy’ in past Trail reviews and has provided a popular low-priced option for many years. The design is fairly standard with a straight shaft. It has a very substantial rubber grip and comes with a slide-adjusted leash. The head has a wide adze for hacking ...

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Camp Névé 2011

£50.00

The Camp Névé is a simple, stripped-down walking axe. The functional adze and pick are well-shaped for chopping steps, daggering and even a bit of front pointing. The pick has a particularly fine profile with a good selection of teeth that will penetrate snow and ice well. The shaft, although lacking a rubber grip, does have a roughened surface and ...

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CAMP Neve 2009

£50.00

The CAMP Neve is a simple, stripped-down walking ice axe. The functional adze and pick are well-shaped for chopping steps, daggering and even a bit of front pointing. The pick has a particularly fine profile with a good selection of teeth that will penetrate snow and ice well. The shaft, although lacking a rubber grip, does have a roughened surface ...

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Stubai Blue Star

£52.00

This ice axe is a well-proven classic that has been voted Best Buy in past Trail reviews and has provided a popular, low-priced option for many years. The design is fairly standard with a straight shaft, a rubber grip, leash and head. On closer inspection the details stack up very well too. Firstly this is rated as technical axe, making ...

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Petzl Charlet Snowalker 2009

£54.00

The Petzl Charlet Snowalker is a beautifully made axe and, as the name suggests, it is ideal for the walker heading to the snow, and therefore great for most British hill-walkers. The shaft is a straight design and the head offers a gentle curve to make it perfect for using as a walking stick in the snow. The balance is ...

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Stubai Hornet

£55.00

This ice axe weighs 624g (50cm); precurved shaft to allow easier placement when ice-climbing; adjustable wrist loop with padding; head designed for ice-climbing; shaft rated as technical so it can be used for rope belaying; rubber grip adds comfort. But too short for walking; technical head not comfortable in the hands; precurved shaft not ideal for walking.

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Camp Corsa

£56.00

At just 280g for a 70cm model, this ice axe is exceptionally low in weight. In these times of minimal snow during winter, this low weight makes this ideal for carrying ‘just in case’ you get proper snow coverage. The axe is a basic classification, so it’s ideal for walking. The head is a very lightweight design with a very ...

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Climbing Technology Alpine Tour 2011

£60.00

Climbing Technology are the new kids on the block and they bring some interesting and well-priced outdoor gear to the British market. The Alpine Tour is their classic mountaineering axe, featuring a bent shaft and fairly aggressive pick. The shaft bend is close to the head and the head is nicely sculpted, both of which features make it comfortable to ...

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Grivel Nepal Steel Munro 2011

£60.00

The Grivel Nepal Steel Munro is a basic, no-nonsense walking axe that, as the name suggests, would be good for tackling winter Munros. It’s very much a traditional axe with a straight shaft, full-size adze and an alpine pick with moderately aggressive teeth. It will plunge into snow, cut steps and do the odd bit of front pointing without too ...

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Petzl Charlet Cosmique

£75.00

This ice axe This is a really tough workhorse that a regular mountaineer could rely on for many years. It has a technical grading, so it is strong enough to be used for belays. The balance is excellent and the head is well-designed for hacking steps or ice axe braking. You also get a far more serious spike for crossing ...

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Stubai Blue Star 2011

£75.00

The Stubai Blue Star is a well-proven classic that has been voted ‘Best Buy’ in past Trail reviews and has proved a popular low-priced option for many years. The design is fairly standard with a straight shaft. It has a very substantial rubber grip and comes with a slide-adjusted leash. The head has a wide adze for hacking out snow ...

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Stubai Hornet 2011

£77.00

The Stubai Hornet is an excellent entry-level technical climbing axe, although to use it properly you need a matching hammer. This is exceptionally low-priced for this type of axe, as most climbing axes cost a lot more. For this small outlay you get a 46cm axe with a pre-curved shaft to allow placement clearance on steep ice-climbs. There is also ...

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Petzl Charlet Cosmi’ Tec

£80.00

This ice axe is a relatively lightweight option. It benefits from a pre-curved shaft to allow easier placement of the shaft on snow slopes, and this is a major advantage over the straight-shafted axes – even for walkers. The head is quite aggressive in its shape, with a reverse curve pick to prevent the pick from snatching during ice axe ...

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Camp Alpax

£95.00

This is a technical ice axe, so it can be used for belaying when climbing steep slopes with a rope. The head can be changed if needed too and a matching hammer version is available. The shaft is precurved, which helps with placements of the pick when climbing, but this is also useful when placing the shaft while walking. The ...

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Black Diamond Venom hammer/adze

£100.00

This is a low-weight ice axe that can be used as a pair with a hammer or adze head for steeper snow and ice-climbing. You get an interchangeable pick as well as an ergonomic head grip. The shaft is rubberised towards the spike for a better grip. There is a leash provided too with padded wrist loop and easy adjustment. ...

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Grivel Air Tech Evolution 2009

£100.00

The Grivel Air Tech Evolution is a beautifully constructed general ice axe. The cast head is a work of art and is armed with a sculpted adze that will cut steps with ease, and a pick that has a full set of aggressive teeth. The shaft has a clearance bend, a recessed rubber grip and is tipped by a well-shaped ...

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Black Diamond Venom

£100.00

This ice axe is 530g (50cm), which is a low weight for the features; interchangeable pick; ergonomic head grip; rubberised shaft grip; leash provided with padded wrist loop; precurved shaft for easier placement in snow slopes; beautifully finished; very well-balanced; superb all-round mountaineering axe; technical rating so it can be used for rope belays. But very high price tag.

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Camp Alpax 2009

£105.00

The Camp Alpax is classed as a technical ice axe, so it can be used for belaying when climbing steep slopes with a rope. The head can be changed if needed too, and a matching hammer version is available. The shaft is precurved, which helps with placements of the pick when climbing; but this is also useful when placing the ...

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Grivel Matrix Tech

£120.00

The Matrix Tech ice axe is designed for ice-climbers and mountaineers. It is an ideal choice for climbers who want easy handling and a dedicated design. The shaft is contoured for easier grip, thanks to the rubber shaft and hand support moulding on the end of the shaft. The shaft has a double angulated shape that opens up space for ...