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The Marker Baron Ski Binding offers backcountry skiers a true 12 DIN alpine freeride binding married with touring capability. Ideal for lighter weight big mountain skiers, the Baron refuses to sacrifice downhill performance for AT functionality. Marker’s revolutionary plate touring mechanism guarantees this binding will never release into touring mode on its own, and the binding’s connection brackets mount directly to the ski, allowing for optimum power transfer without altering your ski’s true flex. The plate design also gives the Baron a lower stack height than comparable AT binders, resulting in a more responsive feel. In touring mode, the binding shifts backward 3cm for greater uphill efficiency. The Baron’s wide footprint gives skiers offers increased edge control on today’s fatter skis.
Bottom Line: Marker designed the Baron AT Binding for backcountry skiers who live for the descent.
Set my girlfriend up on these last winter. Initially they were really tight and she struggled a little with operation. (stepping in, getting out, switching between modes) They seemed to loosen up though...or she got stronger. It is a big binding which needs a bigger ski, as they kind of dominate her K2 Dawn Patrols. All around great binding which I will be getting this season for myself.
Write your question here...I would like to mount Marker Baron 12 bindings on my new Gotama's. My boot size is 315mm. Would the small bindings work for me or would I need to go up to the large binding?
I have Barons mounted on my Black Diamond Verdicts and love 'em! Compared to my other backcountry setup (Dynafit Vertical TLTs on Atomic RT-86s), these actually feel like DIN-certified bindings--because they are. I'd often release early in the dynafits, but at the same DIN setting, these would hold unless I really ate it. I attempt to ski hard and fast (I learned to ski two seasons ago), and the Barons on Verdicts definitely allows for that!
Mind if I ask your height and weight? Or how do you think they'll do for me at 5' 9.5" and 180lb without a pack? They'll be on the BD Zealot. Do they have an adjustable toe piece?
I skied the Barons for about a week last winter and was feeling pretty good about them, until I went off a cliff, landed in some crud and took a spill. My left binding did not release as it should have, and I ended up tearing my ACL. Of course I wouldn't be happy with any binding that I blow my knee out on, but these should have easily released in this case and didn't.
maybe you'd be interested in the knee binding it has some release that prevents acl injurys only its a random company so i have no clue if they'd be reliable
Unless your bindings failed a certified shop test, I dont think you can say the binding caused your injury... skiing is too dynamic to definitively say your clamps should or shouldn't have released in any given situation. Hope summer PT went well and you're all set for this winter.
Want to mount these on a Rossi S7 Barras. Ski is 115mm at the waist and these brakes are 110mm. 2.5 mm either side isn't much, I'm going to check with my shop to see if they can spread the arms. Anybody got another solution?
The rails on those k2 skis are for some variation of marker's piston system bindings. They are system bindings and only mean to work with that ski and vice-versa. The baron is designed to be mounted flat and you will not be able to properly mount them on any ski with railings that is part of a ski/bindings system.
Yeah, I second that, Kretzky. These bindings are designed for flat-top mounting surfaces, so you may want to check with K2 to see if they have a plate or something that will adapt to their rail system. If not, they can let you know what your best option is.
Peter, you will be fine. The Obsethed with the marker duke/baron is a really popular combination, and I've seen a lot of people with that setup. Rocker in firm conditions isn't ideal because you have less ski contact with the snow. However when skinning, the area where you generate the most traction and grip are form the last 3/4 of the ski anyway, so tip rocker really isn't that big of an issue. The obsethed has some rocker in the tail, but not a lot that it will really affect you a whole lot when skinning. Also, if you are skinning, you're probably doing so to get to better, deeper snow in which case you will appreciate the rocker, and the alpine binding feel of the baron on the way down. It's a good setup. Enjoy it.
I agree with Shane. I've never had AT bindings on anything other than twin-tips, and now some with rocker. It's less surface area for the ski to make contact with the snow on hardpack, but in pow conditions, you'll be just fine.
This binding is just like the Duke, and just as bomber. It is designed with a lighter DIN setting and weighs a bit less, but function was not sacrificed at all. You should be comfortable hucking to switch with no worries.
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