Originally Posted By Trailrunner
What MNS said.

If you just want to hike on icy trails with no high angle travel I suggest Kahtoola crampons or even their Microspikes .

The downside of the Kahtoolas is that they lack anti-balling plates which can be very handy in some conditions.



I bet it probably would not be too difficult to make some anti-balling plates for the Kahtoolas out of plastic.... But the only downside that I see for these are that they are made of aluminum.
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