Thoughts on the mammut trion Nordwand 15

Thinking about getting this pack for fast and light multi pitch ice, and crossover to summer alpine climbing. Any recommendations, thoughts on this pack specifically?

That is an expensive 15L pack.

FrankPS wrote:

That is an expensive 15L pack.

Damn thanks for the insight. 

Alternative  reccomendations? 

BD rock blitz 15L, or BD blitz 20L

just get it. i doubt you’ll hate it. mammut makes good stuff and good looking stuff 

Any ice and mixed climbers have a review of this pack?  

I personally love running vest style packs and this seems like the most ice/ alpine climbing oriented that I have seen.  Has anyone come up with a better way to carry Type 2 ice tools on it than shown in the marketing photo below?

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Karl Henize wrote:

Has anyone come up with a better way to carry Type 2 ice tools on it than shown in the marketing photo below?

You can feed the loops through the head like in the picture, but then connect to the vertical daisy chains above somehow. Bendable gear ties work well for that and also can secure the opposite tool’s pick to keep it all tight.

I’ve used this pack quite a bit for day hiking and multi-pitch rock with a short approaches since last fall, but still find myself grabbing my old Cold Cold World pack for anything on ice. 15L is not enough for what I choose to carry ice climbing but I’m sure some people can make it work.

Thanks.  Looks good.  It seems like you could use a small keychain carabiner to clip the daisy chain and trap the opposite pick a little bit more efficiently than using the bendable gear tie.

Are the loops too small to do it the “std way”?  Or do you want faster retrieval?   I guess the extra few  secs to insert the axe the normal way never really bothered me.  Usually keeps it all nice and tight .

Mark Pilate wrote:

Are the loops too small to do it the “std way”?  Or do you want faster retrieval?   I guess the extra few  secs to insert the axe the normal way never really bothered me.  Usually keeps it all nice and tight .

The loops are too small for Type 2 ice tool heads (i.e. Sum’Tec).  The loops are sized to tightly fit the smaller heads of Type 1 Ice Axes (i.e., Gully).

I did in fact end up acquiring this pack. What i did was use two more Velcro straps at the bottom of the daisy chain. Essentially slotting the pick into a loop and then velcroing the shaft near the head. So essentially it was two velcro straps holding each tool on. 

Eliot Hack wrote:

I did in fact end up acquiring this pack. What i did was use two more Velcro straps at the bottom of the daisy chain. Essentially slotting the pick into a loop and then velcroing the shaft near the head. So essentially it was two velcro straps holding each tool on. 

Any issues / complaints about the pack?  How well is the fabric holding up?

Karl Henize wrote:

Any issues / complaints about the pack?  How well is the fabric holding up?

No complaints. Good pack all around. Reasonably durable. As in body of pack is good. Running harness obviously wears quicker but not of concern

Thanks!