Used this mtn. axe on Baker’s N Ridge, (AI 2-3), last June and although it performed well I didn’t like for the strangest of reasons. It was to lite! Odd thing to say, yes but I felt that it required too much swing to find a good purchase in the ice. I did however like its pick and adze. The pick is design aggressive enough and the adze performed well for chopping. For basic glacier and self arrest practice it work well also but I would prefer a little larger grip. One of my partners used a Raven Pro on Mt. Washington’s Huntington’s ravines and bent the pick with one swing onto ice/rock. Pick is none serviceable.