 Poster: A snowHead
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I had a go at some tele sking at MK and it was great fun but unfortunately the biggest rental boots they had were too small for me and my toes got bashed up. I have a very narrow foot (UK12 to 12 1/2 "B" width) and have Lange freeride 120 Alpine boots in a VERY tight 30.0 Mondo, which after a week or so have bed in perfectly.
I had a look at telemarktips and they make some sweeping statements about not getting boots as small as you would for alpine as the liners dont pack out as much. They also say that Scarpa is the right boot for Low volume feet. Crispis and Garmont apparently are for wide feet so wouldnt be any good for me....
I would prefer to get some good advice, try some on and get boots and foot beds in the same place but it looks as though noone stocks them in England.
Not sure i can get to chamonix to see the Zoo keepers but i will be in the 3 Valleys this summer. Although i am loath to buy boots off the internet it looks to me that could be the only option and then have them fit by CEM or Profeet.
Does anyone have any ideas on tele boot stockists in the Southeast or near the 3 valleys?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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ski, Sounds like it is Scarpa for me. from the literature the T2x seems a good allrounder. Thanks for the Facewest tip I had a look on their site but dont see any tele boots, will give them a call though...
where did you go in cham? I dont have any details on where the "zoo" is or what it is called....
and a dumb question but can you do a BASI tele qualification on AT gear?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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ski,
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You can't tele on AT !
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i know, i know; but thought perhaps as they are free heal cousins of sorts it may be okay to use AT kit but i guess not is the answer to my dumb question..... 
will have a look at pyrenees....
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If your in Scotlland MountainSpirit in Aveimore are good ( http://www.mountainspirit.co.uk/index.asp ). They also have some tele boots in their sale, unfortunately only Crispis on the website. None of the Sarpa tele boots are shown in the sale on the web.
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They seem to have scarpa T2X in size 30 and 31 - those seem a pretty large size so may not be easy to sell - you may be able to negotiate a discount 
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Dave Horsley, ski, thanks for the links...
interesting to read the Pyrenees website where they say Scarpa sizes are not "true" mondo point and in the larger sizes they are actually a bit smaller than normal mondo points. in my alpine size mondo 30 a scarpa boot is actually a half UK size smaller.
T2X is 299 Euro at pyrenees and £290 at mountain spirit....
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Braemar Mountain Sports will post you boots on a fit or return basis I think.
Slush n rubble usually stock the T2x as part of their "extensive" tele range but don't get stock in that early and you might get served by a muppet that thinks you want boots for watching TV.
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fatbob, thanks for the tip on braemar, as an more experienced telemarker than me with my grand total of 1 1/2 hours what do you recon on hwo tight boots need to be. i am hearing not as tight as alpine but not sloppy loose.
i will give s&R a ring as i very much want to try some T2x's as on paper they seem the boot for me. nothing on their website but as you say they probably dont get them in till the season. FYI, my local S&R ( a new superstore) is actually very good with a couple of knowledgeable skiers believe it or not  Actually i got such good service with buying a backpack and avy gear that i bought a full set of skis for the family and my wife got boots there. they were willing to discount and were most helpful....
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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You know it makes sense.
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Nick W, as you can see i need little excuse to buy ski gear
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FAQ
Did a day tour the next day on new boots.....got to the bottom feeling a little unbalanced - then found that the T1s have a walk mode 
