K2 has two different women in mind for its Minarets, the women’s incarnations of the men’s Pinnacle boots. The stiffer 100 aims at the skilled skier with every intention of hiking frequently, offering a choice of low- or medium-volume lasts in an accurate LuxFit Tour...
K2’s line of ladies’ boots parallels the men’s collection in most respects, but instead of offering a full range of widths the women’s collection has only one or two lasts per model. The stout Spyre 110 offers a choice of narrow or medium, while the Spyre 100 comes in...
K2 isn’t circumspect about who it made the B.F.C. for: it’s right there in the name: Built For Comfort. The C could just as easily stand for Convenience, for the B.F.C.’s are as easy to slip on as a 4-buckle boot can get. The latch on the spine that unlocks the upper...
K2 had an advantage when they built their first hike-mode (HM) boot: they hadn’t made any boots, so they could build the HM model from the ground up. Since making a killer BC boot was central to their line from the outset, they built an alpine boot technology, Energy...
K2 deserves a lot of credit for resisting the temptation to re-invent the alpine ski boot. Not that they didn’t do their due diligence and re-think the requirements, but their thinking led them back to a fresh take on some well-established concepts. The Spyne 130,...
