Tame your crampon strap with a hair tie

There are various ways to keep your crampons strap tidy. Here's one that works for me.

• Take an elastic hair tie / scrunchie, and wrap a few times around the strap.

• After you crank down your crampons and buckle them, tuck the extra tail through the hair scrunchie. This should keep it nicely out of the way.

Side note: Most crampons straps are very long, so you can fit them on just about any kind of Sasquatch foot. If you know the biggest size of boot you’re ever going to use, you can cut off some of the extra strap. Measure carefully before you do it!