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About the Salewa Alpine-Tec Adze
Salewa's Alpine-Tec Hybrid Axe is designed for general to more technical mountaineering in steeper climbs, making it an ideal pick for snowy couloirs to steep slopes.
With a slight curve to the upper shaft, aggressive 3mm blade and precision-cast steel head, the Alpine-Tec offers fantastic clearance, great snow and ice penetration on alpine couloirs and glaciers, and excellent anchoring thanks to its weight being concentrated toward the top. Moreover, its ergonomic design is not only extremely comfortable but adjustable without the need for tools, letting you adapt it on the go without needing to make camp or haul additional weight on the mountainside.
Salewa's design also incorporates a sharp, replaceable carbide tip at the bottom of the shaft of the Alpine-Tec, providing greater contact when traversing compact snow and ice.
Complete with a sharpened adze for effective cutting of steps, a sharpened shovel for chopping ledges, and holes at both the head and base of the shaft to allow you to clip carabiners, the Alpine-Tec is a perfect technical hybrid pick of axe and shovel that is ideal for a range of general mountaineering to more technical summits.
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- Ergonomically shaped head
- 3mm blade
- Precision-cast steel head
- Ergonomic handrest – adjustable without tools
- Slightly curved upper shaft
- Replaceable carbide tip at bottom
- Sharpened adze
- Compatible with Salewa self-locking handrest and handloop
- Holes for clipping carabiner at head and bottom of shaft base
- Anodised and hardened high-tech aluminium 7075, T6 shaft
- Materials: Carbon steel head, 7075 aluminium shaft, carbide spike
- Certifications: CE EN 13089, B & UIAA 152
- Pick Type: B (1)
- Shaft Type: B (1)
- Weight: 377g