Dynafit

Mercury TF Alpine Touring Boot

The Mercury TF Alpine Touring Boot will drive any modern ski with power and precision, and with Tech fittings at the toe, this boot plays nice with your Tech bindings and it ascends with the sort of efficiency that may lead you to believe that you're riding an elevator to the summit. 

A touring boot is nothing with a capability to flex freely in walk mode, and offer rigidity in ski mode, and the Mercury accomplishes both handily. The shell benefits from the rigidity and weight savings of fiberglass reinforced TPU at the heel, and the flexibility of molded pebax from the front of the cuff forward. For skiers who can crush a standard boot tongue easily, the Mercury offers a removable Booster tongue with improves forward stiffness quickly and easily. A quick flip of a lever frees the cuff to rotation up to 60 degrees (total range, front to back) to take the stress off your shins when you're striding along on a skin track or so you can freely move to achieve the perfect footing on a knife ridge or tight boot pack. 

Sure, the Mercury TF performs, but it doesn't leave comfort by the wayside as a result. The One Vulcan liner boasts a roomy 102mm of width, it can be thermally molded to fit the exact contour of your foot, and the internal fabric feels smooth and warm. The instep area was kept to a lower volume to provide a more precise fit for a variety of foot shapes and sizes, and when coupled with the instep buckle that's built into the shell, this low volume design ensures a responsive and comfortable fit.

Just like its big brother (the Vulcan TF), the Mercury TF is compatible with Tech bindings and all types of alpine touring bindings. Aggressive outsole lugs give you traction when you're out of your skis, and Dynafit's engineers included a few extra-rigid lugs to prevent flex or movement at the toe or heel when the Mercury is engaged in an alpine touring binding. Dynafit used carbon fiber components to make the Vulcan TF lighter than this boot, the Mercury TF, but the Mercury is a more affordable way to get almost all the same technology and performance. For backcountry skiers who use Tech bindings and want to push a pair of fat, burly skis hard, the Mercury TF is an efficient and comfortable way to get to the summit and a powerful way to get rowdy on the way back down.