Clearing snow is riskier when you can’t keep your balance. Consumer Reports tested four slip-on ice cleats on a sheet of thick ice that we tilted to varying slopes, and also at an ice-skating rink. In ...

DAYTON, Tenn. — The tire maker that claims to have invented the winter tire soon will show consumers that a line of its tires has passed a ice-gripping test to make their travel smoother. Nokian Tyres ...

Yak-Trax traction devices -- Coiled metal ice grippers on stretchy rubber that fit snugly over shoes or boots for safer walking on ice. Price, $19.95. Suggested by Continental Ski and Bike, 1305 E.

Test World has started ice grip evaluation for customers at its facility in Ivalo, Northern Finland, ahead of May’s introduction of new European tyre labelling. The existing 3PMSF ‘snowflake’ symbol ...

Three hearty gripper-shod hikers stepped off from the parking lot at the U.S. Highway 12 trailhead at 4:05 p.m. last Tuesday, heading clockwise around Lake LaGrange. The thermometer read 2 degrees ...