AYOG (MYOG) Titanium Snow Anchors

That’s rather neat. The Al crab would worry me: maybe some Ti wire split rings?

I would think that 8″ traces should normally be enough too. Possibilities…

Cheers

I received the 4.7cm aluminum carabiner and it tested out to have a little less strength then the smaller 4cm carabiner.

I also bought some additional snow anchors as the Ti ones are rather expensive and my wallet was weighing less then my gear could afford. Eventually I would like to save up and get 8 more Dutch Ti snow anchors.

They of the new snow anchors are aluminum and weight around double the Dutch Ti anchor but they seem reasonable for less critical anchor positions and the hilleberg nammatj 3 needs 14 anchors in total. I think these aluminum anchors would best be used in a dead-man horizontal position.

First is the orange REI snow anchor and it weighs 33.1g (1.17oz), measures about 24.5cm x 2.7cm, and is $1.95 ea (not including shipping) if you can find them in stock anywhere.

The second is a stake I found on ebay (the listing said 7075 aluminum but…). Weight is 25.5g (.90oz), it measures 23cm x 4cm and is $8.61 for 5 pcs  or $1.72 ea (shipping included).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/311377968847

The REI stake is thicker and heavier and the ebay stake is more flexible and lighter although it is wider and would seem to hold better than the less wide REI stake although it might be more easily mangled pulling it out of crusty icy snow. Both have pre-drilled holes that on the larger side for the toughstake guy line although they would seem to work satisfactorily. I suppose one could drill yet another smaller hole in them if worried.

Weights and cost with the 14″ toughstake guy line and small aluminum carabiner:
REI Snow Stake: 37.4g (1.32oz) / $4.11 ea
Ebay Snow Stake: 29.90g (1.05oz) / $3.88 ea
Dutch Snow Anchor: 21.3g (.75oz) / $14.66 ea

I still wonder what the functional maximum load limit might be for the hilleberg guy lines. Those little aluminum carabiners are only good to 35-40lbs but perhaps that’s enough although I would still like to find a suitable lightweight solution to replace them. The replacement needs a hook or clasp to hold the hilleberg guy lines coming from the pole sleeves as these lines are a loop from the upper sleeve attachment to the lower sleeve attachment.and cannot readily tie into a split ring or similar.

They have 4 packs of the Dutchware anchors on Mass Drop. Link