What lightweight boots can still charge

brogoldenhair

brogoldenhair

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right now ive got some insanely heavy 50/50 boots (k2 pinnacles), and some atomic backland carbons that go up like a dream but leave some to be desired on the descent. Anyone have experience with maestrales, zero gs, or other ~1300-1500g boots, would be every day backcountry boot, long tours but hard descents
 
Any of them can if you're good enough. None of them can if you're not. Some of the gnarlier lines have been shredded by folks in TLT6s and backlands. It takes more skill to shred hard on a backland than a zeroG, and likewise a ZeroG to a Lange XT. The Lange XT skis better than your pinnacles, because pinnacles are terrible boots which both hike and ski atrociously. Generally just group the boots by weight, they are all kinda the same in each class, with boots built by historically alpine companies generally skiing better than those by historically AT companies.Nothing fucking magic about it. Figure out how much weight you're willing to carry and go try on the boots in that range.
 
The Maestrale RS, Zero G, and Hoji Pro Tour or Hoji Free should all be on your list. What fits is the biggest thing.

Personally, I skied the Hoji Pro Tour a ton last winter and really love that boot. It's powerful, got a deliciously progressive flex, and it walks pretty well.
 
You should take a look at the Fischer Ranger Free 130. Lightest 50/50 boot i've been in that I felt confident in. Love it so much inbounds that I gave up my Kryptons and I love it even more on the way up vs. past BC boots. Weight is just around 1500g with liners
 
How long are your tours? My Lupo AX's are my regular inbounds and park boot, and I've done pretty substantial vertical on them. People like to complain about removing the tongues, but they fit nicely in my backpack, and give the boot an insane range of motion with virtually no resistance. I use an intuition ID Pro liner and they still tour fine, and add some much needed stiffness imo
 
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How long are your tours? My Lupo AX's are my regular inbounds and park boot, and I've done pretty substantial vertical on them. People like to complain about removing the tongues, but they fit nicely in my backpack, and give the boot an insane range of motion with virtually no resistance. I use an intuition ID Pro liner and they still tour fine, and add some much needed stiffness imo
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these would be for minimum 6 hour tours, most often much longer things though. Replacing a atomic backland carbon with something that can charge more, but already have an alpine boot with tech fittings, so lupo has a little too much overlap with that
 
I've been somewhat disappointed by the feeling of a lot of the really lightweight boots...

the XTD's and zero G's are okay, but even then there are plenty of days where I'd rather just rock my heavy cochises..

I personally just use either the Scarpa F1's or my cochises and make the decision based on the mission.
 
I have been skiing the scarpa maestrale rs for the last 3 seasons with a surefoot liner and insoles. I have been extremely impressed at the performance, lightweight, flex, and walkability of the boot. The surefoot liner adds a bit of weight and reduces the walk function a bit, but makes the boot ski amazingly. But also +1 for the lange xt. probably one of the best side country boots on the market. The nordica stryder is nice for bigger feet. Please stay away from salomon pin tech, at one point their failures were well documented. Everything dynafit makes seems solid, although pricey. The cochise is a solid boot. I really like the dalbello lupo, that might be my next touring boot personally.
 
Ive done a season in both the free tours and XTDs, and I definitely like the xtds more. I think the langes skied better but the weight / walk mode on the xtd is hard to beat
 
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