The lines are blurred between resort, backcountry, frontcountry and sidecountry skiing. If I want to do a little of everything, in the same day, in the same boot, I can. This is high performance stability and control for taking the tele-turn to this next level everyone keeps talking about. With a free-pivot binding (the O1 perhaps) I don't mind the lack of a touring mode on the uphill and it leaves me thinking yipeee on the downhill.

If scarpa boots fit your feet, just buy these! I went from a pair of t3s to these. and there great, even for hiking. Most people i spoke with about these were sceptical about the lack of a walk mode, but ive never had issues. great control, powerful, just stiff enough, oh and with the intuition liners, they snoggle your feet like slippers. and for you ladies out there, my wife rides these also.

This is far and away the best boot I have ever used. I am in these boots every day for work often up to 14 hours at a time and they are still comfortable. The fact that Scarpa has designed a boot that is comfortable and out performs all other tele boots is awesome. I used these for a season and a half and have beaten them into the ground; I will certainly be getting another pair for the upcoming season.

I have these boots and the T1 4 buckle. These boots completely changed my resort tele skiing. They are unbelievably powerful and the bellows is so smooth. You will be amazed how much faster and more powerfully you will ski through deep pow, gnarly steeps, bumps, and any snow type. The cuffs are stiffer than the black T1's, but just as comfy. These boots will change your life and your inbounds skiing!!!!

Wow, this boot is a monster. They're extremely responsive, and since the 4 buckles offer so much support and control, they're ideal for pushing big, heavy skis. The bellows took awhile to gain some suppleness, so the break-in period was a bear, but now these are definitely my favorite tele boot. I also have the Garmont Ener-G's, and I just vastly prefer Scarpa's overlapping liner over Garmont's tongue liner. The Scarpa's tend to pack out much less over a couple seasons compared to the Garmont's, too. One caveat: these are HEAVY boots, and make touring harder (my T-Race's outweigh my Ener-G's by over a pound for the pair). If you have a "Scarpa foot", you'll love these boots!

These boots are super powerful! It took me a few turns to realize how much power i needed to use to drive these bad boys down! I don't think i'll be touring with these but when it comes to the resort, i'm gonna be stoked i'm rocking these boots.

The Buckles on my T-Races started to bend out of shape at the end of last season (NOTE that I haven't heard of this being a common problem...50+ days of hard skiing will naturally yield some wear and tear). I emailed warranty@scarpa.com, and received a very prompt reply. Because I was within the one-year warranty, new buckles were mailed to me with no hassle, a really great customer service experience. (The same can't be said for some other brands, like G3, which has a terrible warranty program. NEVER BUY G3!) Scarpa you rock!

I am 6'2", and 160 lbs. I skied these today at the Bird with BD O1 mid-stiffs on K2 Anti-Piste 181s.
Woooooooo boy. These things are awesome, beastly, stiff, responsive mothers. AWESOME.

I was worried about the bellows being too stiff for my weight, but I can flex them just fine. In fact, they have a smooth, progressive flex. I found I could engage them half-way to start a turn in a narrow chute, feel totally controlled, and then in the same turn fully flex them to check my speed after getting out into open territory. I could never even think of doing that on my old boots. The forward lean and stiffness of the boot gave me a feeling of precision and control that changed my world as far as what was possible on my teles. I dropped a few cliffs in the Bookends today and felt completely stable and secure. Buy. These. Boots.

Only a slight change in the T-Race. Along with the same four-buckle, high-performance stiffness, the boot comes with an Intuition liner, a thermo liner more durable, lightweight and comfortable than in previous Scarpa models. Despite the upgrade, though, the boot's price stays the same. The T-Race has a fixed forward lean and no walking mechanism. Because, after all, it's called skiing.