The Cortex is a premium tool well suited to the most out-there mixed, ice, and dry tooling routes.

The exoskeleton I-Beam profile is CNC'd from a single aluminium billet, achieving an optimal strength-to-weight ratio and delivering a perfectly balanced swing. This fully 'Type 2' (T) tool utilises a modular pick system. Choose from an Ice Pick, Ice Tech Pick, or a burly Dry tooling pick depending on the task ahead.

Tool Features

• Innovative cord point that can be threaded with up to a 5mm cord
• Upper and lower handles have a textured polymer over-moulding helping with insulation and grip.

• Interchangeable pick and hammer - comes with the Micro Hammer and Ice Tech Pick that come as standard. Alternatively you can fit a Compact Hammer or Adze, sold separately.

 

Pick Features

1: Head

• Ice: Smooth head to improve in-hand comfort.
• Ice Tech and Dry: Chicken head for additional bite and stability during stein pulls and
  when the axe is inverted on less steep ground.

 

2: Chamfer

• Ice and Ice Tech: Full top edge chamfer to improve penetration and removal from ice.
• Dry: Chamfered at tip to improve penetration and removal from ICE at tip, but not running full length to improve durability when use against rock.

 

3: Modular pick system

• Ice, Ice Tech, and Dry: Washer free, trochoid tool interface for long lasting secure and precise hammer and adze connection.

 

4: Pick tapering

• Ice and Ice Tech: Thickness tapers from 3.9mm at head to 3mm at tip.
• Dry: No pick taper. 3.9mm thickness throughout for strength, stiffness and durability in aggressive use. The dry pick also has 1mm extra depth for added strength.

 

5: Tip

• Ice: Optimised tip for penetration and durability.
• Ice Tech: Pointier tip to compensate for steeper pick angle.
• Dry: Hooked tip for stable placements on small edges.

 

6: Cauliflower spike

• Ice Tech: Additional large spike for hooking large ice features.