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They make a lot of custom stuff for military and outdoor applications.

Man, talk about swarms of humanity - I never got closer than half a mile from Lot 4. We parked in the Űnterlot and were lucky to get it. Five runs on the 215 Blizzards confirmed that they still work,...

Bringing mine

I like it and am sorry to see it go.

I skied the 100mm-lasted Pinnacle 130 and liked it a lot - as an alpine boot that you might tour on a few times a season. It fits like a Lange RX, maybe just a tiny bit lower over the instep - very...

If you haven't purchased yet, I'd look seriously at the 97mm lasted K2 Pinnacle boots. Solid boot, skis well, not as stiff as the numbers on the cuff seem to indicate, one sole fits all bindings . ....

In our neck of the woods we don't call that fog.

It's not just the weight that makes the JJ (not to single it out, other skis like it have the same problems) a poor choice. Extra width means extra skin drag, extra snow to plow through when breaking...

^^^This is the right answer. Save time and wear and tear on your hardware (and especially the plastic holding the tech heel plate) by just swapping the toes.

I agree with this. I'm on my second pair of Arc'teryx Theta AR bibs, but the first pair are twelve years old and still usable. "Expensive" pants that last twice as long end up being cheaper.

The Hi5, TLT5P, and Dynafits would be a top choice for a winter touring rig, either together or separately. As an inbounds setup (moguls? Seriously?) it leaves something to be desired, even for an...

Agree with bfree, no problem with either model.

If your past experience is primarily or solely with rental boots, and they put you in a 27 shell, chances are you belong in a 26 or even smaller. Their primary objective is usually not to help you...

There is a way. Flex index only refers to how much force it takes to flex the boot in the forward direction, it doesn't reflect on how solid the boot feels on your foot (fit plays a part in this) or...

Personally, I don't see any reason to have your DWR on the inside of the membrane regardless of whether the garment is 2L or 3L; you want the pores of the membrane to be as clean as possible and the...

Yes, wash twice (or just run the rinse cycle the second time). A medium dryer is fine; it also helps to iron the fabric (warm iron, ~wool). Don't know about OxyClean, but I use Shout quite a bit on...

I used to think sidecut radius was important, but these days not so much. In my brief time on the Cho Oyu, all I made was large radius GS turns and they seemed very predictable. Pretty much every...

All the skins I've used (not just BD) leave some visible residue after ripping when it's warm. If it's causing a problem, bring along a sharp scraper and scrape before skiing.

As Big Steve...

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You pay the ex-VAT price plus shipping if you live in the US or Canada. Put them in your cart and fill out the shipping...

Get two half liter bottles, they carry way better, and you can use one for sport drink and one for water.

310mm is not even close to the limit of the smalls - why carry more than you need to?

Dynafit suggests girth hitching it to the small cable loop on the toepiece lever.

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I like to slip the leash over one...

I skied them in 8-10" of fresh mank and they were surprisingly good. No idea of how they are on hard snow, but they're super light for sure . . .

Depends on which boot. Most are very similar, with a few exceptions having the fittings moved 3mm back. I agree with bfree, though - there are sometimes inconsistencies in how the fittings are...

Why not ski them at +1 without drilling any holes (as long as you have enough travel at the heel) and see how you like them?

If you're sure it's the toepiece that's out of alignment, you should follow the procedure outlined by whatsupdoc, or some variation of it. I pick a screw at random, remove the other three, then...

Stick a screwdriver in there instead of the paper and see if you can push the brake pad down further. If so, I'd vote for no brake and the Plum Yak sort of heel pad if I was a hucker.

I still pack the older Julbos for backup, but do most of my skinning in small polarized Oakleys (Fives or Five Squared). With a ballcap on they work great.

Thanks for the photo, SMP. Looks wider in the front, narrower in the rear? Also the new brake slides on over the base plate and has two plastic tabs that lock it in (no screw) - hopefully it will...

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What a day is right. I got dropped by ACH's group of 8? 10? when I wasn't looking, hooked up with Kevin whose group was almost as big, finished up the day with the dreadlocked UPS dude and still...

I believe that's just in the 102mm shells, ie High Five and Booter. If so, yes you can grind off the toe dam and get another centimeter for "free," but why not just do what most of my friends have...

If you buy a 99mm lasted Full Tilt, stock up on buckles. A Full Tilt won't magically grow in length any better than any other boot, though.

Sounds like it won't be indemnified for tech soles that are not WTR.

Yes, but the fit comments are also applicable to the Waymaker Tour 110 with the Intuition liner.

I measure 27.5 on a Brannock, wear a 97mm 26.5 alpine boot with a fair amount of shell modification, a 27.5 TLT5 with a fair amount of shell modification, and a 27.5 Mercury with 1st and 5th...

Also no spring-loaded brass pin to stop auto-rotation but a plastic tab added (screwed on to) brake to accomplish the same function.

Also brakes are no longer user removable as the metal is...

I've used both the Dynafit Guide leash and the BD Clipwire leash, but I take the opposite approach. I pass the loop end over the lower buckle strap of the boot (not the buckle itself), then use the...

Mine too. Seems like it's normal.

Depends on who the local awesome guy is and what his employment situation is. A boot fitter's job is to put you in a boot that will best facilitate your skiing goals, but good ones will also take...

A new liner won't make the Radiums tour any better. A Maestrale RS, Vulcan or Mercury will ski as well or better and run circles around the Radium on the skintrack. All will work with a Duke/Baron,...

I'm pretty sure Griswold and Stelling were on Raichle Redboots. Raichle-Molitor was one company in those days, and Leroy Kingland sponsored the team, so they could choose. The Raichle was a rock-hard...

They're aiming at the wide ski twin tip crowd who ski switch much of the time?

Personally, I'd put the TLT5P at ~100 and leave the Mountain where it is. Both boots are deceptive due to lack of mass, but as Big Steve says, both are quite stiff laterally.

I think I'd put the...

I just had an opportunity to update my Plum Guide bindings from the early 2011 version to the current one, and as skian1 mentions there have been a number of changes. FWIW, I've been very happy with...

The Stelvio Light XL isn't really that light a ski, and the Plum Guides you have are probably the most appropriate choice. I prefer them to the Speed Radical because of the higher lifter position...

That's good for about a 100 gram weight loss right there . . .

Top was epic on both sides of the Cleaver; bottom was a bit challenging due to icy bump underlayer/rapidly developing mank as the temp spiked . . . traverse was fine after the first lap.

Why worry so much about how heavy your alpine binding is? I haven't weighed the STH2, but I've handled skis with them mounted and they don't feel much if any heavier than the current model - I'm...

You and most of the other 70 people at the ski area today. Maybe a dozen people ahead of us on lap 1, maybe 5 others there on lap 2, and no one but our group of 4 on lap 3 . . . figured we better get...