Scarpa Skookum Boot

i wear a 10.5 street shoe & went with a 28. perfect fit w/ larger sock.

Chris,
I wear a size 11 shoe and do a 27.5-28 Keep in mind that Scarpa shells start on the half size IE: the 27.5-28 share the same shell and have a different length liner. I think you would be that 27.5-28 get the size 28 if you need a little more room.

Chris,
I wear a size 11 shoe and do a 27.5-28 Keep in mind that Scarpa shells start on the half size IE: the 27.5-28 share the same shell and have a different length liner. I think you would be that 27.5-28 get the size 28 if you need a little more room.

1) You cannot get rid of the walk mode unless you switch the cuff with a different boot.

2) The shell will not shrink but you can go to a bootfitter and they will add an ankle pad to snug up the fit around the ankle.

3) Scarpa uses intuition liners that are pretty good in all respects, especially after molding. However, there are other liners that Intution or Zipfit offer that may be more your style.

4) I've never heard, seen or experienced that happening to any scarpa boots, or on mine. You might have a lemon. Or the nut that secures it on the inside might be stripped. Take them to a ski shop or call up scarpa about that.

I had the skookums and have had the same problem with the intuition liners. The foam used in the liners is low density and while it handles normal skiing stresses well, what creates the creases in the heel is actually happening when you're putting the boots on. The sheering force that your heel creates when sliding your foot in causes the foam to buckle under the laminate/liner. I don't know how to fix it but I learned how to prevent it. Take the time to really open your boots up while putting them on and avoiding smashing the achilles area with your heel, PULL your boots onto your feet with the liner straps, DON"T step in and PUSH into them. hope this helps.

Pray for snow.

So those liners are custom moldable with heat. All the liners are molded to the shells in th factory .. usually they indent on the heel to create a pocket. So my fisrt thought is that you use these a lot and two seasons you will see some pack out and the heat created from use and long term summer storage may have tweaked the liners a bit. Also feet change. So what I would do is wash your liners first ! Base wash from Nikwax gets the stink out ! Then bring them to someone that can heat mold your liners for you and get them re-molded to your feet. This should fix your problem and keep you trucking comfortably.

They fit pretty similarly. I'm not sure, but I believe they are built on the same last.

The 25.5 and the 26 share the same shell, they are both a 296 bsl.

My Skookum 26.0 has a BSL of 296mm

27 in Skookum is 305 mm.

A 26 mondo pt is usually, around 298 +/- 2mm depending on the manufacturer.

They also are listed UP to a 30.5....but BC doesn't have em.

Short story: If you're very big, or very small, you're f***ed.

If it is any consolation, the Scarpa website, www.scarpa-schuhe.de lists them down to 24.5.

I checked 'em out in the store. The tongue heights and liner heights are the same, but the shell of the Typhoon is a little taller than the Skookum.