Two things made that morning one of the best ski days of the year. I was hoping for an early morning thaw so I could enjoy the lift instead of earning my own turns. This was the kind of day a nice pair of alpine plug boots and some serious shaped skis would have inspired more confidence. The entire hill (Crystal Mtn) froze up hard as a rock, top to bottom. That night it cleared up and the temps plummeted into the mid 20s on top of the Mtn. The previous day it had gotten pretty warm after mid day with a high over cast. I was using a La Sportiva Hang5s and the RS. One of the best days ever last year was a rock hard Spring morning. I don't think there is a ski (lift served Alpine or B/C) that the Maestrale RS won't turn with relative ease. The RS will drive them all with some real authority. We both used a pair of RS doing the same on anything from mid '80mm under foot to 117mm under foot. Boot worked great hiking around and skiing some fun chutes. In the photo above Brian is skiing a short pair of La Sportiva GTR mountaineer skis. I wanted it to walk better or ski better. As an example the typical back country skier loves the Orange Maestrale. It is split between a climbing boot and a ski boot. I am pretty critical of what I want to ski in. I have become fond of saying, "any of it ("it" being boots or skis or bindings) is so much better now than even 5 years ago it is hard to go wrong. Even if that technology was only a season or two "old". Found it dismal by comparison to a TLT 5 P and pretty much swore off ever getting bit by "old technology" again. I had been talked into the Black Diamond Prime a couple of seasons earlier. As we have all seen things are changing very quickly in the back country ski boot world. Not a big fan of the orange Maestrale because I thought it too soft, too heavy and not the best range of motion in walk mode. The rave reviews as this boot was rolled out got my attention. This season or next we may see other bench marks set.
Two boots in my opinion have recently changed the dynamics of the AT boot industry. I don't agree with every conclusions in all the reviews but Jeff's comparison helped my decision making a great deal. As it has been noted by others, "I can only ski so many boots!". Many of them well worth reading.Ī few of those reviews influenced my own decision. Lots of reviews out on the RS by the time I got mine. Easy thought because I spent the majority of the last winter's ski season and well into Spring and early summer skiing the Scarpa Maestrale RS. Admittedly this is a tough blog to write after the last two on the newest AT ski boots available.
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