Days like this need micro spikes

[GPSGuided]

Nice bit of icy roadway causing mobility issues.

So the question is, without micro spikes, what options are there to get up an icy hill?

[rcaffin]

Chains.
Cheers
Roger

[Moondog55]

When I was in Scotland I was told to put an old pair of woollen socks over my shoes, I never tired it tho, at the time I only had new socks, the cheapskates solution is short self tapping screws in the soles of you boots; again a Scots solution, I never tried that either but I hear it does work as do soccer boots and golf shoes naturally
A very soft rubber seems to grip ice but such rubber wears out very quickly

[legend]

Many of us (in my bushwalking club) have gone to micro spikes when walking the Overland Track in winter. We started off with chains, but these caught on nails and often tore/open up next to the rivet on the rubber surround. The micro chains have as yet to do this and give much better grip on blue water ice (water that have frozen solid running over rocks, board walk, etc)

[GPSGuided]

Chains? Over boots? Serious? I was quietly thinking of a small bag of sand or gravel and sprinkled in front of each step...

In the meantime I was thinking of a Japanese game show,