Gear Closet Raffle: Hillsound Trail Crampon Pros

Hillsound Trail Crampon Pro

Hillsound Trail Crampon Pro

Winter has arrived and with it the need for extra traction when hiking on trails covered with packed snow and ice. If you hike in soft-soled winter boots or pac boots, it’s nice to have a crampon that’s longer than microspikes and comes with anti-balling plates, so that snow doesn’t clump up underneath your boots. Under such  conditions, I like using Hillsound Trail Crampon Pros as a hiking traction aid with their unique snowboard style ratcheting binding system. I reviewed the Trail Crampon Pros last year (click for review) and they’ve proven very popular with winter hikers in New Hampshire.

To Enter

You can enter up to 5 times to win this raffle using the Rafflecopter widget below. It’s going to ask you for an email address which I need to contact you if you are the winner. I will discard all of the email addresses for non-winners after the raffle to protect your privacy.

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Deadline to Enter

The deadline to enter this raffle is Sunday, January 27 at midnight EST. Don’t delay! Enter now.

Raffle Rules

  1. This raffle is open to US and international entrants with a postal address.
  2. Participants must provide a valid email address via the Rafflecopter widget when they enter the raffle
  3. A winner will be picked randomly from entrants.
  4. Entries must follow raffle rules or they will be disqualified.
  5. The winner will be contacted by email on Monday, January 28th, 2012
  6. Winner has 48 hours to acknowledge receipt of notification by email or the prize will be given to the next runner up.
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59 Responses to Gear Closet Raffle: Hillsound Trail Crampon Pros

  1. Blitzo January 23, 2013 at 8:48 pm #

    I wonder how effective crampons are on trail runners….

  2. Chris January 23, 2013 at 9:31 pm #

    I have microspikes and full out crampons for my Scar

  3. Chris January 23, 2013 at 9:34 pm #

    … Scarpa omegas, but I would love something in between for the situations where my microspikes are not enough, but I don’t want to have to go with my full out plastic boots and BD sabretooths. Would be a great addition to my arsenal. (Sorry for the accidental incomplete post!)

    • Earlylite January 23, 2013 at 10:06 pm #

      These won’t fit over your Omegas Chris – try Camp XLC aluminum step-ins for them. That’s what I use.

  4. Jon M January 23, 2013 at 10:54 pm #

    Walking to class haha, we get some nasty icestorms and I’d love to walk around campus laughing at everyone else falling on their arses for a change… Oh and I might do some hiking as well.

  5. Brian Peterson January 24, 2013 at 12:12 am #

    I’m curious about how they work on trail runners as well.

    • Earlylite January 24, 2013 at 7:42 am #

      The leaf spring on these is rigid, so while they do work on trail runners, you’ll have a much more comfortable experience using a lightweight crampon with a flexible leaf-spring (connecting bar) like the Kahtoola K10 I reviewed a few weeks ago. http://sectionhiker.com/kahtoola-k10-ultralight-hiking-and-trail-running-crampon/

      The sweet spot fr\or the Hillsound Trail Crampon Pro is really a soft soled winter boot which has a more rigid sole and covers your ankle, but is not as rigid as a mountaineering/ice climbing boot.

  6. Joe January 24, 2013 at 1:13 am #

    Transitioning to light weight to include trail runners. My current obsession are the Olympic mountains of Washington state. Come visit!

    • Konrad January 24, 2013 at 1:43 am #

      These are amazing light duty crampons. Would love to win a pair to gift to a friend. Thanks!

  7. Andrew January 24, 2013 at 6:19 pm #

    Working on lightening my winter gear and with snow fall in Minnesota starting to get less and less I think crampons might be more effective than snow shoes.

  8. Trevor January 24, 2013 at 9:22 pm #

    just bought microspikes for Spring hiking last year. In the market for a decent pair of crampons for winter hiking…

  9. DIP January 25, 2013 at 3:36 am #

    These look great and bet they are very lite on your boots. I would love to win a pair and try them out in the local mountains. Good luck to everyone who enters. DIP

  10. whalen January 25, 2013 at 2:26 pm #

    Like everyone else, I think it’d be great to have something in between microspikes and crampons. Thx

  11. Jeff January 25, 2013 at 5:13 pm #

    I’ve newly moved to the Adirondacks, and need crampons to extend my season up on the High Peaks, particularly in the Fall!

  12. Curt January 25, 2013 at 6:03 pm #

    Cool stuff!

  13. PamW January 26, 2013 at 8:07 am #

    I find I leave my full crampons at home because they are so heavy. I’ve been admiring the trail crampon pros for a while and would use them in the NH White Mountains, climbing the winter 48.

  14. Jacob January 26, 2013 at 11:51 am #

    I need these because I love to hike and I live in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado! Nuff said :D

  15. MIchael January 26, 2013 at 12:24 pm #

    I need these for winter hikes in the White Mountains of NH.

  16. ronda January 26, 2013 at 5:47 pm #

    I will need these when my winter backpacking gets me out of IA and into the mountains! Fun raffle.

  17. James Stewart January 27, 2013 at 2:39 pm #

    These would be great for those shoulder season peak bagging trips where micro spikes just aren’t enough.

  18. Heather B January 27, 2013 at 8:27 pm #

    Perfect for a newbie winter hiker! I wonder if these would these fit a women’s size six snowshoeing boot (e.g., Merrells)…

  19. Wil Colquhoun January 27, 2013 at 9:07 pm #

    I need them because I don’t currently have a pair and I would use them on South Mountain in Maryland.

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