Do they make crampons for hiking with sneakers in soft soils?

You certainly can put everything from YakTrax to micro-spikes on sneakers. How well they work is going to depend on the soil. None of them work particularly well in mud. While the chains used on micro-spikes add to the durability they can load up in some conditions.

Sounds like a great way to totally trash the trails.

Bob F wrote on Tue, 14 May 2024 14:29:44 -0700 :

If there was a trail, I wouldn't need the sneaker crampons. :) Nobody has hiked here probably in hundreds of years (or whatever).

The soils are all extremely soft with something like a 30 degree slope (Maybe 40 degree? Maybe fifty? I don't know how to measure a slope).

Put your arm diagonally in front of your face and that's the slope. What does this slope look like to you?

Nothing is flat. There is no trail. There is only a soft slope. Anyway, the tiny spikes on the crampons showed seem too small.

I think it needs to be an inch or more to do any tractional good. But maybe those teeny tiny spikes might work.

I'm thinking I need one inch spikes which can be easily removed.

I'd question using low cut sneakers on that sort of terrain. Not only will you have no ankle support but you're going to be making frequent stops to dump the crap out.

Cool. Maybe I'll do some rough hiking, someday, if the weather's good.

If I wake up on time.

It looks like a good spot for a good pair of hiking boots.

That was my first thought, even before seeing the photo of the terrain - why sneakers ? ! They will be ruined in short order. John T.

Along with ankles.