Description

Designed for technical mountaineering and ice climbing, the versatile Petzl Quark ice tool with adze has a balanced, smooth swing and an aggressive pick design for solid placements.

Features

• Entirely modular head allows the technical aspects of the ice axe to be adjusted to technical, varied terrain: snow couloirs, gullies, North faces, icefalls and more
• Shaft has a steel spike and is straight enough for use in piolet-canne mode; shaft is hydroformed for optimal grip in the middle of the shaft
• The shaft is curved below the head and Griprest handrest at the bottom of the shaft to protect hands on ice climbs
• Ice pick is tapered at the tip (3.3mm) and versatile across snow, ice and mixed terrain
• Trigrest Quark and Griprest Quark handrests strengthen the grip on difficult sections
• Over-molded, bi-material handle provides good grip while insulating from the cold
• Compatible with Petzl accessories (not included): Pur'Ice, Mini Marteau and Masselotte weights to modify the balance and improve the inertia of the ice axe
• Handrest is height adjustable without tools and folds in easily for planting the ice axe in snow; connection hole is compatible with V-LINK elasticated loss-prevention webbing
• Certifications: CE, UIAA
• Features ice pick, Panne adze,Trigrest Quark and Griprest Quark handrests