User Review: Montrail I.C.E. 9

Montrail I.C.E. 9
Above: The current I.C.E. 9, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed August 12, 2004 by Clay Bracken

Rating:
Materials: gore-tex
Use: ice/glacier/snow/rock w/ heavy pack
Break-in Period: fast break-in and a very comfortable boot
Price Paid: $300

Purchased a pair of the Montrail Ice 9 boots and crampons. While hiking the boots had a tendency to skate on the rocks due to the metal clips on the bottom, this threw me off balance several times while crossing talus fields. However the worst aspect was the crampon system. Both the right and left crampons came off while crossing the Challenger Glacier in the North Cascades! I immediately took these back to the store for a refund,