Backpacker 2008 Gear Guide
... the perfect choice when full crampons are overkill and rubber tread won’t cut it.
March 2008 — Cascade concrete — the heavy, wet snow that typically falls in the Northwest — often turns hard and slippery come spring. Enter the MICROspikes, the perfect choice when full crampons are overkill and rubber tread won’t cut it. The binding snaps onto any shoe, and steel chains and 3/8-inch spikes bite into slopes up to about 25 degrees.
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