I would be worried about patches of bare rock bending up something like a pair of Kahtoola microspikes. But I wouldn't want to be taking them off and putting them back on half a dozen times on the way up and again on the way down, either.
It is really easy to take them off and on. AND, I have never had a set slip off when in use. Amazing, actually.
I took a several years-old and several-times used set of Kahtoolas to some gnarly rocky/icy sections in Nepal in 2014 and they still look brand new. Not bent. Amazing, actually.
