[pct-l] Traction--Katoola choices

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I believe I downsized, too. I was wearing a mens size 9 running shoe  
and I have the small microspikes. I never really got to try them on  
anything truly gnarly. I was disappointed in them on soft snow. Snow  
gets stuck in the spikes. I was very impressed with them on icy snow.  
And I was happy I could walk on rocks and logs and things in between  
snow.

The thing with the rubber is there is a high coefficient of friction,  
meaning that they won't just slip right off, especially if your shoes  
have any rubber parts of their own. You could also add a shoelace if  
you felt paranoid.

After seeing Shroomer's Katoola KTS crampons, I think I would rather  
have those than the microspikes.

Diane

On Mar 13, 2011, at 7:30 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

>
> I have used micro spikes for the past two summers and found them very
> useful, I wear size 11, so the first pair I bought were the large  
> and they
> were too large. They didn't stay in place when on an incline, so I  
> tried the
> medium. Perfect. I had no problem with the spikes "rolling" on even  
> the
> steepest slopes.
>
> Jackass