PetzlSummit Evo - Ice Axe
Ultra-light and high-performing, the Summit Evo Ice Axe by Petzl is designed for classic mountaineering.
Perfect for all your alpine outings, the Summit Evo features a hydro-formed shaft that provides an excellent grip at the curve. Its technical design offers the necessary clearance for use on steep and icy terrain.
The forged head is well-balanced. It provides excellent anchoring qualities, which, combined with the intelligently designed and executed grip, allows for great precision. Made of stainless steel, the head is extremely robust and offers good penetration in hard snow as well as during cane use. The grip has an effective textured rubber coating that does not hinder use as an ice axe.
To top it off, the high-performance aluminum shaft is anodized for better protection and great durability. As you can see, the Petzl Summit Evo Ice Axe has all the qualities and features you need for your most exciting mountaineering sessions!
Features:
- Shaft length: 59 cm
- Weight: 420 g
- Lightweight but retains head weight for good anchoring power
- Hot-forged steel head and adze
- Thin, 3 mm toothed blade perfect for anchoring in hard snow and ice
- Thicker blade in the center suitable for gripping in soft snow
- Upper part of the blade with teeth to reinforce the ice axe's hold in ramp use
- Very resistant adze offering an ideal support surface and effectively allowing step cutting
- Inclined adze perfect for guiding the ice axe in the snow
- Head and spike equipped with holes for attaching a carabiner or sling
- High-quality aluminum shaft with anodized finish
- Shaft machined to create a grip providing better handhold
- Ice axe compatible with the Linkin leash and adjustable Trigrest handrest
- Blade type: B
- Shaft type: B
- Certifications: CE, UIAA