Compeed helped in allowing me to ski the next few weeks, but even after the blister healed they were there again after a day of skiing on the next trip. But on my second ski-touring trip this year to South Tyrol and Salzburger Lungau, on the second day blisters appeared on the inside of my ankles. After hiking in Trailrunners for over seven years, climbing in Mountaineering boots for four and XC skiing in good boots since six years I haven’t had blisters anymore. There’s two things why I don’t love the boot outright: And that are the two blisters on my feet. There’s plenty of opinions on the Spectre - from people that really dislike the boot to ones that love it, and everything in between. My experience is based on skiing the Spectre with DPS Wailer 99 Tour1 Skis and G3 ION 12 Bindings. The Arc’teryx Procline Carbon Lite Ski Boot is lighter, but I haven’t used it yet. My Size 26.5 Spectres weigh with liner 1374 g, that’s 240 g for the liner boot and 1134 g for the shell. I haven’t been easy on the boots, and they have flown several thousands of miles across the globe in my Douchebag, skied and skinned thousands of meters, climbed ice in them and walked through town in them, and they still look good and only have minor scratches. The very low weight for a four-buckle boot is also a great achievement by La Sportiva. Additionally you can Micro-adjust the buckles for a perfect fit. The buckles on my other ski-touring boot don’t lay flat so these are definitely more convenient in use. The Pegasus Buckles, which are flat when open which means they don’t snag on stuff close to your feet, and can comfortably be worn underneath your pants, are great. In the box you’ll find besides the boots two optional laces which allow you to get a tighter fit of the liner on your foot, two insoles, a few patches and tools. 3 preset Forward Lean options: 10°, 14° and 18°.Normal Alpine Skiing boots miss the walk feature, and while you might be able to skin up short sections for serious ascents you want a ski boot with a walk mode.Īs told by La Sportiva, the Spectre comes with these features: The walk mode gives you freedom of movement for sliding the ski forward while you skin up, and the ski mode makes the boot stiff so you can transfer your power onto the binding and ski. It coming along to Lyngen next week, too! FunctionĪ ski-touring boot has two modes: A Walk mode for skinning up the mountain and a ski-mode to come down again. I bought the Spectre after much research last November from the Bergfreunde, and have used it ski-touring in Canada, Finland, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol since, all in all over 20 days. Happily I found after much research & pondering a boot which is light and performs great on the way up & down. But much unlike the light trailrunners I use from spring till autumn, in winter you need a ski boot. It’s a great way to enjoy the mountains in winter and has similarities to hiking. There’s no lateral cuff adjuster.Ski-touring, that’s walking - skinning in skiing terms - the mountain up and then skiing it down. The Spectre 2.0 is compatible with tech bindings, step-in AT (frame) bindings and TR2 bindings (which require a combination of low-tech toe fittings with a metal heel lug interface). The boot is light but strong and the hike mode range of motion and actuation switch are both excellent, testers said. The lower shell and tongue are fashioned from Grilamid plastic and have a strong, snappy feel underfoot and throughout the flex range. Testers liked the way It drove aggressively from the front cockpit. The Vertebra construction spine provides a solid backbone (get it?) and serious rearward support. They ultimately proved functional and they are nifty looking but also a frustrating fiddle-cluster. Entry and exit are standard for the category but testers had trouble with the tiny peg-in-hole Pegasus buckles. The fit in upper and lower means business. The cuff is set a touch upright and the liner feels firm against the shin. Most testers felt the fit tension was well distributed but our guys with bony inside ankle and navicular bones squealed a bit. Cooking the fully moldable EZ Thermo Liner helped open the fit at typical pressure spots but it didn't produce a lot of additional room. Testers slotted the Spectre 2.0 right between medium and narrow in the lower, notably snugger than the 100.5mm last width would suggest (when measured using an industry standard 26.5MP size La Sportiva for some reason cites a 102.5 mm last width but measured on a 27.5MP). Better fit over the midfoot and instep and stiffer plastic construction bumped-up its comfort and performance scores. Our testers put this most-improved boot on the Backcountry podium this year. It’s amazing the improvements you can make doing anything the second time around and La Sportiva took advantage of its mulligan.
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