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Which Mountain Boots? 26-Oct-2008 At 8:58:29 PM Paulie

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On 24/10/2008 Sally wrote:
>It is all personal.

Sally's hit the nail on the head there.

Just like all other footwear it's different boots for different feet, so go try on as many as you can, which is hard in Australia coz not too many shops have a good range of Alpine boots!

E.G., My Salomon Pro Ices fit me perfectly as do Scarpa's Freney XTs and the placcy Omegas or whatever they're called these days (I swear they were called Denalis just a few years ago?) and the Koflach Degrees. My wife finds her La Sportiva Makalus are great for alpine scrambling, glacier use and low grade ice/mixed routes but suck in moderately cold conditions (she just about got frost bite in Norway at -20c), the men's versions are too thin for me but the Nepal Pros fit me like a dream...

Modern insulated leathers are the way to go IMHO, but if you stick to recognised brands you'll find something in either leather or placcy that fits well.