Latest review on OM is a cold snap special look at Pogu Spikes, British-designed micro crampons from the Lake District that score points over full-on crampons thanks to their ease of use, lightness, small pack size, versatilty and lack of skills

-weather traction device, but what makes them really interesting is that they seem to fall somewhere between Yaktrax-style spring/wire coil devices and spikier micro-crampons. In the past we've found Yaktrax very capable on mixed ground and also unobtrusive thanks

also have in at the moment. Generally we're massive fans of micro-crampons, they're incredibly flexible in that they'll fit pretty much any shoe and, while they're not a substitute for crampons in technical mountaineering situations, they're also far

2's smaller, more accessible, Cumbrian cousin - but mostly and above all,  I love spikes...Crampons, ice-axes, micro-crampons, odd running shoes with snow-studs dotted across their soles and even studded bicycle tyres. Hell, even winter tyres

boots with crampons quite successfully and that's particularly true of boots which are somewhere just below the B1 stiffness threshold.C0 Crampons?Technically there's no such thing as a 'C0' graded crampon, though you could argue that micro-crampons fill

used to operate - but for more than a couple of easy moves, we'd choose crampons every time for the added security. There's a sort of blurred borderline area on 'nevé' or 'snow-ice', but if in doubt, we'd say go for the spikes.Micro-cramponsJust to blur

We're about to get another option on the winter traction front with the imminent arrival of US brand 43North's STABILicer ice cleats.As with mini-crampons like Kahtoola Microspikes, STABILicers can be used with pretty much any footwear

This week's Monday Tip is a simple, topical one – in winter, don't walk the area, walk the terrain. To which you're thinking, eh? What on earth are they talking about. Well, there's a tendency to think that you only need micro-crampons or crampons

Sometimes the world won't listen. Like when you desperately want to test a bunch of micro crampons and the weather steadfastly refuses to play along. So it was a bit of a relief this morning when the Peak dawned bleak and sub-zero, the last few days

Winter Grippers Round-UpWinter Grippers Round-UpCrampons, micro-crampons or something completely different? There are more snow and ice grip options than ever before and we've tried some of the best out there to give you an idea of what's likely