Camp Corsa Ice Axe Review

The camp corsa is the lightest ice axe on the market.

Camp corsa ice axe review. Available at rei 100 satisfaction guaranteed. Camp picked up gold award at 2020 ispo for their new race corse ice axe. After few years of loosing ground to its competitors camp has came back to reclaim the prize for the lightest ice axe in the world. No that s not a typo.

Or at least for when you are unlikely to need an ice axe. Despite its 100 aluminum design it s more versatile than we originally thought. While it performs poorly at anchor construction chopping steps or for anything that involves using its micro sized adze it climbs steep ish snow and self arrests fine as long as conditions aren t too firm. The key to this ice axe s low weight is all aluminum construction.

Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. The camp usa corsa ice axe is quite possibly the lightest weight ice ax in the world weighing just 8 8 oz 250 grams in a size 60 cm length. Given its low weight the corsa ice axe does not perform well for chopping steps pounding ice or climbing in steep terrain. Ski mountaineers and other alpine travelers needed an ultralight mountaineering axe so camp usa created the 7 2 ounce corsa ice axe.

This is all the ice axe you need for any mountaineering objective that doesn t require a technical ice tool. This review is part of our ice axes gear guide and was first published in the february 2018 issue of the great outdoors. There is simply no reason to own or consider using a more traditional heavier ice axe even for trips that involve mostly glacier walking. This is the ice axe for when you don t need an ice axe.

Although the corsa ice axe isn t the tool of choice for steep alpine or ice climbing the aluminum pick gets the job done well on hard. Camp corsa 14th february 2015. Its design makes it one of the lightest in our review and one of the lightest weight cen b rated axes on the market. The lightest ice axe in the world.

The new blue corsa race weigh feathery 185 grams at 50cm. This thing only weighs 7 2 ounces. Quite possibly the lightest ice axe in the world c a m p. What makes the corsa nanotech so unique is that it is nearly 100 aluminum including its head most ice axes have steel heads making it insanely light 8 7 ounces.

Usa corsa excels at mountaineering adventure racing and low angle glacier travel. However if you want the lightest option for self arrest in moderately steep terrain combined with snow anchor options and securing a traverse the camp usa corsa is the best lightweight ice axe.