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BLACK CROWS Navis with DYNAFIT TLT Radical FT 110mm + DYNAFIT TLT 6 Mountain CR/Scarpa MAESTRALE RS
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I've got two pairs skies - Salomon XW Enduro 2011 and Rossignol S7 2013, both of which are with alpine non-touring bindings. As I've increasingly spent my time in the backcountry nowadays, I would like buy a new set of equipments - boots and skis with touring bindings. I actually find the Rossignol S7 2013 which I've skied over the past two years very good skies, but they're somewhat a bit heavy and hence I see no point in replacing the original alpine bindings to a pair of touring bindings. In fact, I would just like to explore more options out there which may somehow give me fresher perspectives about backcountry skiing.

I've been thinking about this setting-

BLACK CROWS Navis with DYNAFIT TLT Radical FT 110mm

DYNAFIT TLT 6 Mountain CR or Scarpa MAESTRALE RS

Any thought would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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I loved the Navis ski when I demo'd it several years ago. I use a similar Nordica ski for all round skiing and touring combined with a Guardian / Tracker binding and love the set up.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

ufo666 wrote:
DYNAFIT TLT 6 Mountain CR or Scarpa MAESTRALE RS .


Those boots are pretty different. The Dynafit Mercuries are much more Maestrale RS like.
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Thanks, Scarpa for your quick and kind reply. I see that you demo'd and loved the Navis. May I ask in what conditions you demo'd them. Regarding the bindings, I actually thought of your recommendation - the Salomon Guardian to go with. But then I heard everyone was talking about how light and revolutionary those DYNAFIT bindings are. I guess the only concern for me about the DYNAFIT bindings is its reliability for downhill in high speed since I am a rather aggressive skier and enjoy jumping over rocks and small cliffs on the way. I must say I'd have more confidence about the Salomon Guardian bindings in such aspect but they're really much heavier. So, I'm not sure if it would be practical to put them on a pair of light skies like Navis. And may I ask which Nordica ski you use for all round skiing and touring combined with a Guardian / Tracker binding? Do you think that they're better than Navis as a pair of all mountain skis?

And as for the boots, I assume that you would prefer Scarpa MAESTRALE RS over DYNAFIT TLT 6 Mountain CR given the suggestion of your nickname. Happy
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Thanks, Serriadh for your comment. You seem like someone whose is very knowledgable about these touring boots. Do you mean that the Dynafit Mercuries and Scarpa Maestrale RS are more of free-riding boots rather the touring focused boots like the DYNAFIT TLT 6 Mountain CR? Excuse for my ignorance. I am really not so familiar with these touring boots. What I use now is actually a pair of on-piste downhill boots Rossignol Pursuit Sensor3 130 (although I've used them for backcountry skiing for the past two years and simply unbuckled them when I needed for a short hike or tour), and so I would like to find a pair of new boots with touring capability so that I could explore further into the backcountry without hearing my ankles screaming.
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ufo666 wrote:
Thanks, Serriadh for your comment. You seem like someone whose is very knowledgable about these touring boots. Do you mean that the Dynafit Mercuries and Scarpa Maestrale RS are more of free-riding boots rather the touring focused boots like the DYNAFIT TLT 6 Mountain CR?


Haha, no. This is the internet, everyone is an armchair expert!

The Mercury and Maestrale RS are both pretty good touring bootst... just compare them with things like the Scarpa Freedom or Technica Cochise for much more 'freeridey' things.

They're both pretty light and they both have an excellent range of motion in walk mode but they're still pretty substantial and so don't give up too much performance to alpine boots or much weight to lighter-weight touring boots. The TLT6 is a much more specialist item, and like other specialist gear it might be worth avoiding until you really know you need it. Super lightweight ski boot tech has come on a hell of a long way in a short space of time, but sacrifices still have to be made to shed those grams (not least of which cost, and difficulties in fitting if you have the wrong sort of feet).

Ultimately though, you don't want to be shopping for touring boots online... you need to get yourself to a shop and try some on, because badly fitting touring boots will ruin your trip in pretty short order. Everyone makes high quality touring boots in the 1600g range these days, so you should have no problem finding some that suit you.
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...

I'm no expert on boots but if you are thinking about selling the S7s I'd like first dibs!!!
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

I demo'd the Navis in Cham, on piste, off piste, in forests, bumps... pretty much everything I could find. It was a tie between these and the twin tipped Nordica Enforcer, I went for the latter as it was slightly more forgiving and I felt that at the end of a long day. I've done a lot more skiing since then and these days the Navis would have been my choice as very slightly stiffer. Nordica have a few new models out, I'd probably go for something between 100 and 110mm underfoot now too as I only do tours up to about 3 hours and prefer the control on the way down.

Regarding the Tracker binding, it is absolutely as solid feeling as an alpine binding, I could sense no difference when I replaced my old binding. It is a bit heavy but I mostly go up to enjoy the ride down. For general touring I paired it with my first touring boots, the Dynafit One PU (the Frankenboot - after a bit of sole adaptation) but I do find these boots to be a bit soft, so for shorter skins up I'll stick with my Atomic Redster Pro boots which are a little stiff for back country use but seem to suit me anyway.
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