XC

This commentary is a repost of last season’s report, the associated FIND buttons connect to 2017 starting inventory. Here’s the Reader’s Digest version of the XC story: it’s the SX family of 102mm lasts with the XT’s hike mode switch on the spine and the option of WTR...

Allspeed Elite

This commentary is a repost of last season’s report; the associated FIND buttons connect to 2017 starting inventory. The Allspeed Elite 130 sets the tone for the entire extended Allspeed family, even though from a sales standpoint the wider and softer Allspeed Pro 120...

QST Pro

The unusual look of the new QST Pro models suggest that they’re hybrids of a sort, and indeed they are. Made from equal parts of MTN and X Pro elements, QST Pro boots are an amalgam of on-trail and out-of-bounds properties. On the OB side, the skier is dropped as...

DMS W 100

Dalbello’s only women’s boot in a 98mm last and 4-buckle, 2-piece shell, the DMS W 100 makes a few routine adaptations for women – narrower heel, wider forefoot, lower cuff height – and a couple that aren’t so routine. The fleece in the liner is shorn from...

XT Free Tour

A true AT boot with the requisite Tech inserts and rockered WTR sole, the XT Free Tour lies outside our normal field of inquiry. We reference it here so those of you contemplating this activity – related to alpine skiing, but not to be mistaken for it – can find it...