Excellent, not perfect, but excellent

By The Cascade Kid Ranked #73 - Alpine Touring Boots June 28, 2009

I've taken a few trips in my Zzeus now, and I'm really happy with how they've performed. They were surprisingly comfortable on a 4 mile hike in, and once I was on snow, they articulate amazingly and give you a pretty free stride. They fit a BD Contact strap crampon like they were made for each other, and with a little bit of practice, kicking steps in high angle snow is pretty secure. My only two gripes are minor, first, I'm going to have to adjust the forward tilt in the downhill setting, as the default setting is too upright and doesn't give me enough forward lean. The second is that after about 6 hours in the boots, I start to feel constriction in the toe box. I have some small bunyons, so these are likely the culprits, and I think punching them out will solve the problem. Otherwise, these are a great boot, and they let me drive a pair of borrowed BD Ethic's (terrible ski btw) through hard ice, breakable crust, and deep slush.

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