Give a lady a lever that’s long enough, and she can move the world. Fortunately, the cuff height on the Pure Elite isn’t tall enough to shift the earth off its orbit, but it’s tall enough to deliver pristine power to the edge. Close-fitting yet still cushioned, the women’s version of the Allspeed Elite gets away with its tall upper cuff by flaring it enough to allow for a woman’s lower calf to be held without being pinched.
There isn’t a world of options for women in the 120 flex range, so Rossignol should be saluted for giving the aggro gal a boot she can bend but not collapse. The liner on both the Pure Elite models is insulated with Merino wool, which wicks almost as well as it warms.
The only oddity in the Pure Elite presentation is the performance plunge separating the beastly beauty of the 120 and the made-for-the-average-Josephine flex of the Pure Elite 90. Not that we don’t like the idea of a great-fitting, narrow-lasted boot for recreational women (sister company Lange has made a killing in this domain, which might factor into Rossi’s motivations), and we already said how nifty it is to have a 120 flex for the bad-ass lasses, but what are women between these poles supposed to do, add pads to the Pure Pro 100 until it fits?