Description
Stiff, incredibly versatile, and ready to drop off a steep summit.
- The stiff 120 flex yields a high-performance feel for big-mountain freeriding on steep resort lines and legendary backcountry descents
- A 100mm-wide last fits more feet naturally so you can have a snug boot and greater control without the foot numbness
- A thermo-moldable liner provides efficient power transfer from your foot to the shell, keeps heat inside, and it can be further customized by a boot fitter
- Comes with an installed AT tech sole which clicks into AT-specific bindings (like Dynafit) and features Arch Grip technology for superior grip on boot packs and rocky summits
- DIN sole is sold separately
- Sole features four large button-head machine screws that can be removed with a hex key
- Cuff Mobility System frees the cuff and allows a comfortable rotation for hiking, walking, and skinning, and then it locks back into place for skiing
- The liner's hook-and-loop rear spoiler lets you further customize your fit by moving it or removing it while a boot board absorbs impacts during cliff drops and bumps
- The 45mm hook-and-loop Powerstrap and three aluminum buckles lock down the boot to fit your foot closely and comfortably
Terms And Conditions
This Usage Agreement (the "Agreement") governs your conduct while using various services on the web site Backcountry.com and its affiliate web sites (collectively, the "Site"). All references to "we," "us," and "our" shall mean Backcountry.com and all references to "you" and "your" shall mean the user of the Site and Site Services. This Agreement applies to various services and activities on the Site as well as to gear review and product ratings (collectively, "Site Services"). Please read this Agreement carefully.
BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, AND USING THE SITE, ANY SITE SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES THEREIN, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT AND ITS TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATION THEREOF, DO NOT ACCESS, BROWSE OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE OR SITE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE SUBMISSION OF ANY REVIEWS OR COMMENTS.
Your use of the Site is governed by this Agreement and any other agreements and/or terms of use adopted by Backcountry.com and/or its affiliates. This Agreement shall govern in the event of, and to the extent of, any inconsistency with the Site. For more information on our privacy practices, read the Privacy Policy to understand our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information on the Site and with respect to Site Services.
Any comments, reviews (including gear reviews and product ratings), posts, feedback, questions, answers, notes, messages, images, video, audio, materials, documents, data, graphics, ideas, suggestions or other communications (collectively, "User Content") you submit on the Site are not private or proprietary. By submitting User Content on or through the Site, you grant, assign and transfer to Backcountry.com all of your rights, title and interest, including without limitation, all intellectual property rights and moral rights, in and to such User Content. To the extent the preceding assignment and transfer is ineffective, you hereby grant Backcountry.com an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual right and license to use, copy, modify, adapt, display, publish, archive, store, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works based upon such User Content, in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future.
By submitting such User Content on or through the Site, you are confirming that (a) you are the sole author of the User Content and the User Content originated with you and not copied in whole or in part from any other work; (b) you have obtained all necessary permissions associated with the User Content, including without limitation permissions relating to copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity and/or rights of privacy; (c) the User Content does not contain hate speech or profanity and is not unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, libelous, obscene, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, an invasion of another's privacy, or otherwise in violation of this Agreement; (d) that you are not a minor and have the legal right and capacity to enter into and comply with this Agreement; (e) such User Content does not and will not, in any way, violate or breach any of the terms of this Agreement; and (f) Backcountry.com shall not in any circumstances be required to pay or incur any sums to any person or entity as a result of its use or exploitation of the User Content.
With respect to your conduct on the Site or while using the Site Services, you agree not to: (a) attempt to disguise the origin of any User Content transmitted to the Site Services whether through the Site or any third party site; (b) act in any manner that negatively affects other users' ability to use the Site and Site Services; (c) impersonate any person or entity, including without limitation, a manufacturer or owner of any product, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (d) interfere with the Site or Site Services, or servers or networks connected to the Site or Site Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Site or Site Services; (e) upload, post, or otherwise transmit any User Content that with respect to the Site Services: (i) is not relevant to the product, service, person or entity being reviewed; (ii) you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (by way of example but not limitation, inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); (iii) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or (iv) is unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation.
By submitting any such User Content on or through the Site, you grant Backcountry.com permission to use your name, alias and any other information (as provided by you) to attribute such User Content to you. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, and subject to our Privacy Policy, you authorize Backcountry.com, its affiliates, and sublicensees to share the User Content across all affiliated Web sites, and to use your name and any other information in connection with its use of such User Content, as they may choose. You also grant Backcountry.com and its affiliates the right to use any material, information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such User Content. We are not responsible for the similarity of any of our Content or programming in any media to User Content submitted by you. Any and all rights granted in this section are granted without the need for any compensation to you in any form.
User Content does not reflect the views of Backcountry.com, and Backcountry.com does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, integrity, quality or reliability of any User Content, nor does Backcountry.com endorse or support any opinions expressed in any User Content. In no event shall Backcountry.com have or be construed to have any responsibility or liability for or in connection with any User Content, Any gear reviews and/or product ratings submitted on the Site, if displayed, are displayed for entertainment and informational purposes only. Under no circumstances will Backcountry.com be liable in any way for any User Content, including but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Site or Site Services.
If Backcountry.com determines, in our sole and absolute discretion, that you or any User Content you submit violates this Agreement, we reserve the right, at any time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights Backcountry.com may have under this Agreement, to: (a) refuse to allow you to submit further User Content; (b) remove and delete your User Content; (c) revoke your registration and right to use the User Content Submission Features; and (d) use any technological, legal, operational or other means available to enforce the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, blocking specific IP addresses or deactivating your registration, access to the Site and Site Services using your e-mail address, and your user name and password. Without limiting the foregoing, once User Content is submitted to the Site, Backcountry.com may take any or no action with respect to such User Content, including without limitation, deleting, editing, modifying, rejecting, or refusing to post such User Content, but is under no obligation to offer you the opportunity to edit, delete or otherwise modify User Content once it has been submitted. Backcountry.com shall have no duty to attribute authorship of User Content to you and shall not be obligated to enforce any form of attribution by third parties.
If, despite the foregoing assignment and transfer of rights in the User Content, it is determined that you retain moral rights (including the rights of attribution or integrity) in the User Content, you hereby declare that: (a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the User Content or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; (b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion and exploitation of the User Content by Backcountry.com or its licensees, successors or assigns; (c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of the User Content; and (d) you forever release Backcountry.com, and its licensees, successors and assigns from any claims that you could otherwise assert against Backcountry.com by virtue of any such moral rights.
You are prohibited from violating the security of any system or network compromising the Site or the Site Services, including but not limited to the following: (a) unauthorized access to or use of data, systems, or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or Site Services or to breach security or authentication measures; (b) unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on the Site or of the Site Services; (c) interference with the Site or Site Services including without limitation, any type of flooding technique or deliberate attempt to overload the system such as denial or service attacks; (d) forging of a message header or any part of a message header; or (e) using manual or electronic means to avoid any use or access limitation placed on this Site or the Site Services. Such violations may result in criminal or civil liability.
Backcountry.com reserves the right to report any activity or persons that Backcountry.com suspects has violated any law or regulation to appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other appropriate third parties (including the disclosure of appropriate subscriber information). Backcountry.com may also cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies to assist in the investigation and prosecution of any illegal conduct. Indirect or attempted violations of this Agreement and actual or attempted violations thereof by a third party on behalf of any user shall be considered violations of this Agreement by such user.
BACKCOUNTRY.COM DOES NOT ENDORSE THE USER CONTENT, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USER CONTENT AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONS WHO MAY USE OR RELY ON SUCH USER CONTENT) FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE (WHETHER ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE), INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY OR OTHER CAUSE OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER BASED UPON OR RESULTING FROM ANY USER CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.
Share your thoughts
What do you think of the
Tecnica Cochise Boot - Men's
? Share a...
Adding to the praise
Courtney Dean
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
As if enough hasn't been said about this excellent boot. I have to throw my .02 in.
I have one thing to add to the multitude of reviews. Besides being bomber, comfortable, stable and built like a sherman tank, they've got spectacular traction.
Perhaps this is an endorsement of Vibram more so than Technica. But the rubber on the tech soles are phenomenal. I just got home from a tour of Mt. washington, NH where conditions varied from wind loaded powder, to bubble wrap ice, to some of the deepest sastrugi lines I've ever seen.
The boots were super stable and gripped everything during the boot pack and traverse along the garden. My partners were thankful for their crampons and piolets. Meanwhile I galloped up with just my boots and a Whippet.
In summary, these are excellent boots with the best sole you could ask for.
I have the 11/12 model and keep getting...
kelly r
Member since
I have the 11/12 model and keep getting shin bang. Do you think the 12/13 redesign will help with this? Otherwise I love the boot.
c.brown
Member since
Yes! The tongues on all the liners for 12/13 were changed. You were not the only one with this issue. The new tongue is much thicker and taller to help distribute pressure on your shin better. Shin issues should be resolved.
Do the AT soles work with Dukes?
infp185392
Member since
Do the AT soles work with Dukes?
c.brown
Member since
Yes. The Duke has adjustable toe height that can accommodate the slightly thicker AT sole.
Just ordered a pair of these online. ...
watp20191
Member since
Just ordered a pair of these online. Before the snow falls, I want to figure out if the new liner is worth keeping or should I get an Intuition liner? We're looking at around $150 extra so I'd rather use the factory liner but would pay for the upgrade if it's worth it. Thoughts from other Cochise owners???
cor2540385
Member since
The 12/13 liners are improved from last year's Cochise. I thought they were really nice and would definitely give them a shot before springing for new liners.
watp20191
Member since
Thanks for the input. They shipped the other day and I'm happy to say they feel great out of the box. Very, very comfortable for a stock boot. Jan 5, 2012
UPDATE: I've put a few days on these now with fully stock equipment and they are great. Really comfortable and great performance. I'll probably get custom footbeds still just do they're made to my foot but these could work completely stock.
any information on the weight?
Henry
Member since
any information on the weight?
c.brown
Member since
2000g in a 310mm
Cochise Testing in the Dolomites
c.brown
Member since
Tecnica International Product Manager out doing a little testing in the Dolomites.
Can you post or show the differences between...
pst4586236
Member since
Can you post or show the differences between the 11-12 liner and this years one? Supposedly, it's been greatly improved?
c.brown
Member since
Biggest difference between last years and this years liner is all internal. Externally they look almost identical. Only way to tell the new liner from the old from the outside is the tongue. New Tongue comes up higher and looks slightly different.
New and Improved for 2012/13
c.brown
Member since
The Cochise 120 got a much improved fit for 2012/13. It has a whole new liner that has much better heel retention than last years and slightly thicker internal padding throughout that will retain it's shape and foot hold much longer. It also gets a new tongue that comes up slightly higher on the shin and does a better job of dispersing pressure. Overall a bit tighter and more comfortable fit.
kelly r
Member since
I have the 11/12 model and keep getting shin bang. Do you think the 12/13 redesign will help with this? Otherwise I love the boot.
Best boots I've ever had
jcmiller1510715
Member since
I love these boots. They are hands down the best boots I've ever had. They are stiff and get me rolling through the bumps but can handle earning some turns as well. The new plastic seems to get a few more dings than my traditional alpine tecnica's but who cares about a few scratches. Tools to be used. The only problem I've ever had with them was the lock to ski function froze on me on one really long skin track and needed to thaw for a bit in order to lock. But as soon as they warmed up they were back to spec. That was probably more of my fault for leaving them in my truck the night before due to couch surfing.
Best comment I've gotten all year was by a kid in the lodge at Crested Butte two weeks ago... he said those are sick boots. Its what Lebron would wear if he skied. HA!
Awesome Boots
ianfairwea105117
Member since
Great boots overall, stock liners are not the best, pack out fast, and are cold. I upgraded with some Intuition PowerWraps, and now these things rock, great all mountain boot...I even use the tech soles in my Soly STH 916 without any issues
How much does it weigh? Thanks
D.
Member since
How much does it weigh? Thanks
c.brown
Member since
310mm boot weighs 2078g right out of the box including the footbed and spoiler
Ali Samieivafa
Member since
68.5oz, 1938gr per boot
These things rock
Ben
Member since
I am a ski partoller and have spent about 30 long days in this boot so far this season and I absolutely love them. I put the intuition power wrap liners in them and swapped in the DIN soles and the combination crushes on the down hill and the touring/walk mode is amazing (I have toured in them 3 times so far). I have a really wide foot and with a few punches in the 6th toe area they feel great. These are easily my favorite boots I have ever owned
Uphill...Downhill...Shred.
Chris Tatsuno
Member since
Took a hike up Highlands bowl the other day and the walk mode in these boots preserved my muscle energy enough to have a little fun on the way back down. Vibram soles really made it easy to step on the exposed rocks on the ridge too.
My feet are 32cm long, which is approx....
BigFoot
Member since
My feet are 32cm long, which is approx. 12.6 inches. Don't you know if size 31 will be OK for me? I currently have lowa x-alp pro which is in fact tecnica agent at boot and they fit perfectly, they are just fallong apart so I'm looking for replacement. Thanks for your help.
c.brown
Member since
Yes Size 31 should be no problem. I wear a size 12.5/13 street shoe and can wear the size 28.5 (with a little toe punch). A general fit guide for these boots is that they fit long, especially compared to other AT boots. I can wear a 28.5 Cochise with a little toe punch but I literally can't even get my foot into a 28.5 Dyanfit Titan. Hope that helps.
Will Backcountry carry the DIN sole kit...
famartin889943
Member since
Will Backcountry carry the DIN sole kit for this boot? I can't seem to find it anywhere, and I'm actually wondering if this stock tech sole will be compatible with one pair of skis on which I have Marker Jesters and the other with Dynafit Radicals, without the need to change.
Thanks very much.
c.brown
Member since
The Tech sole is not compatible with Jesters. It is a tech sole that works with any tech/dynafit binding. Look for DIN soles available through Backcountry soon
Quick question...if I have one pair of...
famartin889943
Member since
Quick question...if I have one pair of skis with Marker Jester bindings and another with Dynafit Radicals, will I have to buy the different set of soles for these boots and switch them out each time I switch skis?
Thanks so much.
Sandy Brown
Member since
That would be best. You will not get a consistent accurate release from your alpine bindings with the AT sole.
And the winner is...
Chris Tatsuno
Member since
Whooping Pat Sewell up the boot pack in the Four Pines area of JH backcountry. Given'er!
Does anyone know the weight?
Jordan Osterman
Member since
Does anyone know the weight?
c.brown
Member since
310mm boot sole = 2078g per boot right out of the box, everything stock
My foot is approx. 104-106mm wide - is...
paw3682588
Member since
My foot is approx. 104-106mm wide - is this going to be impossible for me to wear? My boots now are quite narrow and they suck the life out of my feet! Any info would help!
Thanks
Jamie Preston
Member since
This is a 100mm.last which is on the narrower side, I would not buy this without trying it on, but suspect you need a wider option.
c.brown
Member since
Do u live near a decent ski shop? Just about any decent bootfitter could easily make these fit your foot. If you want the best performing sidecountry boot out right now I would pick one up and take it to your nearest shop to have them fit. They won't be available much longer.
paw3682588
Member since
Thanks everyone for your advice!
I am in Toronto - and there are enough stores where I can get a fitting done - yet, none of the stores here carry the boot in question. This makes it difficult to do a fitting.
That being said, I know that Technica boots do generally fit on the more narrow side, but I love the look and overall design feel of this boot.
Thanks again!
Frankenboot to Production II
BlizzImages
Member since
Another comparison of the idea Arne had and how Tecnica applied it to the freemountain line.
View all contributions... Be patient, it might take a while.

pst4586236
Member since