 Poster: A snowHead
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Planning on couple of weeks piste skiing (family) followed by hut-hut toour in April. Decided on new boots but hire skis. How about Endorphins/Adrenalins with interchangeable soles. Apline for family weeks and downhill skis then swap to mountaineering sole for touring bindings.
I'm relatively new to touring so be gentle with me.....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Dont see either being a massive problem for you and would both be more than capable - i suppose it just depends on how stiff/ flexible you want your boots for the Alpine elements?
Endorphins rate as the stiffer boot over the Adrenalins - there is a huge thread over at Teton Gravity regrding this:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=78437
There are a fair few others out there that will happily do both, Black Diamond Factor, Scarpa Typhoon, Scarpa Tornado Pro, Dynafit Zzeus.
Crucial though will be the fitment - Garmont appear to have a rep for low volume fitment - but Scarpa appear to fit a wider foot better. (Best hope that someone like SZK, CEM or Arv offers some advice regarding the boot volume and fitments)
There is also the cost to consider in which boot you want.
I ski in the Tornado Pro's and they do both well enough for me. Out of the Endorphin/ Adrenalins - id go with the Endorphin.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Dont see either being a massive problem for you and would both be more than capable - i suppose it just depends on how stiff/ flexible you want your boots for the Alpine elements. |
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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See the recurring thread in the Piste section. Don't worry its only a joke.
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fuego, I've got the Adrenalins and find them very good-I use mine mainly for day tours with the vibram sole. Have used the downhill unit once and it was fine also, certainly I would say the boots are stiff enough to give good piste performance that most people would be happy with. It just took me a while to get used to how light the boots are compared to alpine boots. I find the boots fit my high instep very well and are really very comfortable but obviously you need to try them on. One problem is that the vibram sole can wear out quickly if you have to do any walking because the sole is pretty flat compared to most touring boots which have more of a rockered sole unit
Having said all that it is a compromise and in an ideal world you would have a slightly lighter boot for multi day tours and a dedicated alpine model for holiday mode!
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