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Camp corsa ice axe review.
There is simply no reason to own or consider using a more traditional heavier ice axe even for trips that involve mostly glacier walking.
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.
This review is part of our ice axes gear guide and was first published in the february 2018 issue of the great outdoors.
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This thing only weighs 7 2 ounces.
Usa corsa excels at mountaineering adventure racing and low angle glacier travel.
This is the ice axe for when you don t need an ice axe.
It will be in stores later this year.
The lightest ice axe in the world.
The camp corsa is the lightest ice axe on the market.
Despite its lightweight it is a fully functional uiaa certified b ice ax capable of being used for self rescue glissading and strong enough to be used as a belay anchor.
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 key to this ice axe s low weight is all aluminum construction.
Camp corsa 14th february 2015.
Given its low weight the corsa ice axe does not perform well for chopping steps pounding ice or climbing in steep terrain.
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.
Despite its 100 aluminum design it s more versatile than we originally thought.
The camp corsa nanotech is a unique ice axe unlike almost any other on the market.
Ski mountaineers and other alpine travelers needed an ultralight mountaineering axe so camp usa created the 7 2 ounce corsa ice axe.
No that s not a typo.
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.
The new blue corsa race weigh feathery 185 grams at 50cm.
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.
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.
Camp picked up gold award at 2020 ispo for their new race corse ice axe.
Or at least for when you are unlikely to need an ice axe.
