S Lab Mtn Alpine Touring Ski Boots 2018

If one were to put it on blind that user might have a difficult time telling it wasn t an overlap boot.

S lab mtn alpine touring ski boots 2018.

Free returns within 14 days of receipt. Before 10 am for skis snowboards bindings and ski boots. It is also among the best flexing tongue boots we ve ever used. Find this product in a shop.

Backcountry boots are stiffer and more powerful than ever. A superb touring boot that happens to have enough guts to rip the ski area as well the salomon s lab mtn alpine touring ski boots have garnered a big following among patrollers and quiver of one backcountry nuts since their introduction. The heaviest boots we tested were the lange xt at a stout 7 lbs 12 ounces the lightest was the scarpa alien rs at a scant 4 lb 4 oz. This is a 98 mm boot and testers say it fits as one should tight.

The mtn lab is a tongue boot for touring comfort and light weight. Find this product in a shop. But a boot s gotta be a boot first and foremost it s gotta fit and it s gotta ski. Touring franchise mtn alpine boot last 98 104 weight g 1570 flex 120 strap 50mm dual claw.

Salomon knows when to keep a good thing going that s why it was only a subtle color change and a slight name change from the mtn lab of 2017. There is a pretty big range in boot weight among alpine touring boots on the market. Courtesy salomon salomon s lab x alp 1 000 the arc teryx procline was the first boot with side to side flex in touring mode. As of last year the s lab mtn also features custom shell hd heat molding capability so a lot of the guess work has gone out of the fit process and the.

Men s lab mtn. The aft and rearward flex is supportive and the close fit makes the whole mtn lab boot super responsive. Point is do not order this boot in your typical alpine boot size you ll almost certainly want to size up. An alpine touring boot that doubles as a number of skier s resort boot as well the salomon s lab mtn is a great boot for downhill performance and uphill efficiency.

Jonathan ellsworth skis the salomon mtn lab and mtn explore in a size 26 5 both of those 26 5 s have a boot sole length of 301 mm and he is also in the atomic hawx ultra xtd in a 26 5 bsl 302 mm. The 2019 s lab mtn does both of these two things better every other true backcountry boot we tested so our testers gave it the nod for the silver medal spot on the podium. Metal inserts molded into the sole of the boot to allow compatibility with tech pin bindings for ski touring purpose. There was a time when we were testing at boots weighing over 10 pounds and sub five pounds was reserved for rando race boots.