Best-Selling PETZL GLACIER 22

Description

The GLACIER, developed by the French brand Petzl, is a light, straight-handled, high-performance ice axe designed for ice hiking. With its meticulous design and finish, this model benefits from quality construction to meet the demands of practical use.

Thanks to its design and choice of materials, this ice axe offers very good anchoring quality in hard snow and ice thanks to a blade made of very high quality steel guaranteeing both secure anchoring and great durability.
It also features an anodized aluminum shaft with a machined grip for excellent grip and an adjustable hand strap.

A simple and effective axe that mountaineers can rely on.

TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS :

Construction :

– Blade type: 1

– Handle type: 1

– Certification(s): CE, UIAA

– Ice axe supplied with LINKIN strap

– Material(s): hardened steel, aluminium 7075

– Length: 3 lengths available

Construction details:
– Light and comfortable:
– the upper part of the blade offers a very good grip (comfortable support surface)
– the blade and shaft are elongated while maintaining excellent strength.

– Very good anchoring quality in hard snow and ice thanks to:
– the blade profile which offers a safe and stable anchoring
– the blade is made of fine and strong serrated steel in extremity (3 mm)
– the stainless steel tip for a very good penetration in hard snow.

– high strength and practicality :
– high quality steel blade (identical to the blades of a traction ice axe)
– very resistant steel tip with artes design for efficient step cutting
– head and tip equipped with holes for the passage of a carabiner or a strap
– high quality aluminium handle (aluminium 7075 used in marine applications), with an anodised finish for excellent protection against oxidation
– machined grip in the handle for better grip when used in a traction ice axe.