This commentary is a repost of last season’s report, the associated FIND buttons connect to 2017 starting inventory.
As goes the RX W series, so goes its HM clones, the XT W’s. So when the top shoe in the women’s RX line was beefed up to a 110 flex index, the XT line was bound to follow. But not in lock step. The XT 110 W only comes in the narrow, 97mm width, making it one of the more bad-ass climbing boots for the woman who can hardly wait until it’s time to head downhill.
The XT line got all new shells and liners this year, meaning that women, too, are recipients of more comfortable, more hike-able XT models. The addition of WTR soles as a more hike-intensive option should appeal to the ladies who plan to spend less time at the resort and more time in the backcountry.
Women with narrow feet who want a precise fit but a little help when it comes to tromping around on foot should put an XT women’s model on their try-on list.