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Petzl Snowalker Ice Axe

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Designed specifically for glacier travel, the Petzl Snowalker ice axe is the tool you want for glissading, chopping steps and self arresting.

Steel pick and spike bite into hard snow and ice for solid placements
Steel adze is contoured for comfort while carrying the axe in the palm of your hand; adze is shaped to efficiently cut steps
Cut-out profiles of head, adze, pick and spike shave weight; holes in head and spike allow you to clip-in with a carabiner or attach a sling
7075 aluminum shaft is high in strength and anodized for corrosion resistance
Comes equipped with the Petzl Rando ice axe leash

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Petzl Snowalker Ice Axe Customer Reviews

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Petzl Charlet Snowalker Ice Axe

4.0

(based on 3 reviews)

100%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Good balance (3)
Lightweight (3)
Safe (3)

Cons

Best Uses

Mountaineering (3)

Reviewed by 3 customers

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Jul

2008

(23 of 24 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Performed surperbly

By P7_id10t

from PDX, OR

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Good Balance
Lightweight
Safe

Cons

Best Uses

All Terrain
Glacier Climbing
Mountaineering

Comments about Petzl Charlet Snowalker Ice Axe:

I only gave this 4 stars because I have no point of reference to compare. To me, it was worth every bit of money I spent on it.
It is WAY beyond the ergonomics and effectiveness of my old axe.

Bought this specifically for a solo ascent by middle milk glacier on Mt Jefferson (Oregon). My old axe was 25+ years old with a broken pick.

Chose it over Black Diamond (either one) because I prefer to see a rivet instead of however the BD axe head was attached. To me, the weight difference was a non-issue.

At ~7,300' the hard pack became very hard, like it had been Zamboni'd many times. Carving steps with
it was tedious and inefficient. Moved over to the rock ridge and continued up.

It preformed flawlessly in the ash and scree slopes, making the scramble up much more effective.

After making a few mistakes on a rock face climb, determined I was too tired and cold to continue (8,700'). Made my way back to the glacier and descended using a controlled arrest down to where the surface was soft enough to glissade the rest of the way (~1,000'). It really proved its worth during the descent.

My only misgiving about the axe was it's tether - the slide ring would bind when I needed to change hand positions quickly. I learned the trick to this - but this is one technique I recommend you practice before using it in the wild.

Feb

2010

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Lightweight

By Arlo Sinclair

from Santa Fe

About Me Avid Mountaineer

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Pros

Good Balance
Lightweight
Safe

Cons

Best Uses

All Terrain
Glacier Climbing
Mountaineering
Snow Climbing

Comments about Petzl Charlet Snowalker Ice Axe:

I broke off the plastic head mount pounding an ice picket. Replaced with a black diamond Raven and no regrets. The Raven has a better head grip & no plastic to break. Buy this only if that axe is not available.