Winter skills 2.2: how to cut steps

How to cut steps when walking in the winter hills.
This is one of a series of instructional films produced exclusively for BMC TV in association with AMI (the Association of Mountaineering Instructors), Lowe Alpine and DMM.
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[@raftom4454]

Most of the time I've encountered these I found it was easier, safer and less tiring to just put crampons on. And might even be faster as you don't waste time fluffing around cutting steps. Only worth it if it's just a very small section.

[@RainBoxRed]

Cutting steps is a good skill to have in the toolbox but yeah, just put on the crampons.

[@mackeyboy5442]

This is a good skill to have in case your crampons break and you don't have any tools with you

[@hq3473]

Sounds like a good skill if you lost your crampons somehow.

[@bartmcdougall7518]

Remember sunglasses ppl 😎

[@thomaskavanagh549]

Going uphill...why do you cross your legs ?

[@zahirahmad123]

No words on what if we slip- videos look helpful. Thanks.

[@SteveLong-Mountaineering]

There's a separate video in the sam series about that.