Homemade Insulated Gaiters Or Overboots

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Knowing your boots and terrain really helps. Thanks.

Here are my vintage OR X-gaiters.

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Originally, the bungee went around the toes but they would never stay in place. So, I took out the front bungee, coated the inside hem with SeamGrip and just took to cementing them to my boots with ShoeGoo. The ShoeGoo holds well enough but peels off both the boots and SeamGrip decently. If I had the coin, I’d love to replace them with rubber randed insulated gaiters but I use these so little. In any event, they behave sort of like rubber randed gaiters once they’ve been ShoeGooed in place.

If I had to do this on a tight budget, I’d get some inexpensive over boots for stand hunter like these.
https://www.arcticshieldoutdoor.com...oducts/boot-insulators?variant=45894779896053

They are also on Amazon.

Then, I would cut out the front and heel area so the front and heel of the soles are exposed and leaving a bridge of fabric under the arch. Then I would seal the inner surface with SeamGrip and the ShoeGoo them on your boots. The high rand on those Scarpa would hold and release Shoe Goo easily.

If you are really committed to keeping your crampons on, I would get some closed cell foam and the thinnest plywood I could find and glue em together. The plywood might make the foam last longer.

Longer term, I’d be looking at newer flexible crampons with chinch strap closures. Easier on and off.

That Arctic Shield product is definitely an interesting idea, especially for the price. It is much less than other items suggested here or that I found in my research. Still an over boot but it appears it would go on and off quickly. If I combined with a "sticky" foot pad versus an insulating footpad this could possibly work. And I could definitely use on cold, but snow and ice free nights like late Fall. I need to go back through this thread and review all the suggestions. Were some good ideas mentioned.