Excellent Alpine Boot up to 6000m

By dirk.swart2277230 Ranked #95 - Rock Climbing Shoes August 11, 2008

Any mountain boot is a balance between weight, comfort and utility. Over optimizing on one compromises the others. In my opinion, these boots have hit the sweet spot.

They are very low weight, which makes them easy to wear, and flexible. I have used them on a 6000m peak in the Andes, plus a couple of semi-techincal 5000m peaks, and they were not too cold (I used toe warmers), plus they allow enough ankle articulation to prevent your knees from getting hammered when hitting long days in crampons. A HUGE improvement over my plastics.

These boots are incredible - I used them with my Grivel 12 pt automatics, and they performed flawlessly. I can strongly recommend them for just about any alpine conditions I can think of outside of super cold regions like Alaska. The best purchase I have made for awhile and well worth the money.

On the negative side, they don't provide the ankle support / toe pointing ability of full plastics. I have used them for some ice climbing, but they are more tiring to use, and are probably not the right tool for the job.

PS: Did I mention how incredibly comfortable they are?

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