SUPERGAITER INSTALLATION
Here’s how to install Mountain Tools SuperGaiters with Five Ten Stealth Rubber Rands. In order to be secure on your boots SuperGaiters must be fitted tightly. As a result they can be “a bear” to install. Here are some tips to make your job as easy as possible.

1) Warm the gaiters inside at room temperature (do not apply heat directly to any part of the supergaiter)

2) This job is easiest to accomplish if the boot can be held firmly - consider wearing the boot and getting a friend with some finger strength to help, holding the boot in a vice or between your knees as a last resort.

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3) Install the heel of the boot into the supergaiter and pull the rubber rand up and onto the welt. You may need to tug on the instep strap in front of the heel (the part of the SuperGaiter Steath Rubber rand that goes under the sole) to get it properly seated.

4) The toe of the SuperGaiter will be above the boot now.
Flip the rubber rand up (forming an upturned rim).

5) Facing the toe of the boot (now held firmly in a vice, etc), grab the upturned rand with your fingers and place both your thumbs on the toe of the boot. Pull with your fingers and push against the boot with your thumbs. You may need to “coax” the sides along (the durable Stealth material is high friction rubber). Once you have stretched the rand out over the boot toe, fold down into position. If you didn’t quite get it right the first time, try it again!

6. For Crampon users fine tune the position of the rand to be slightly above the grooves in the boot that hold your crampon bales.
Most climbers will leave their SuperGaiters on their boots for the climb, expedition or season. If you do a lot of “post holing” (in snow), consider temporarly gluing the toes of the SuperGaiters with Barge Cement (available from Mountain Tools or a well stocked hardware store) or climbing skin glue. This will keep the rands in place (resisting shear) but can be easily removed (with a little tension).

Best Climbing,
Mountain Tools