Bcgregoire - i sold a boatload of those Asolo Superscouts, and i had a pair of the Voyageur pictured down below. A blast from the past for sure! I think we don't want a T4/Excursion in NNN-BC, we want a scarpa F1 race that is NNN-BC. Lighter, better range of ankle motion. Something that sits right i...

Several existing threads bring this question back to the front of my mind: Which NNN-BC boot is the beefiest, not just right out of the box, but after break-in? And by beefiest I mean a combination of twisting sole stiffness and beef in the upper, or in other words, which boot can actually apply the...

This could conceivably be an artifact of the process that Alpina uses to put the rubber rand on there, or a result of the behavior of that material over time. Consider the other photos posted of cracking in the rand material after significant use, which suggests tension forces in it. Given that teh ...

I don't think is is really that complicated in terms of finding a material. Back in the 80's when I worked in mountain shops, I sold a lot of Asolo hiking boots and ski boots. They had developed a nylon midsole, graduated thickness and flex for each boot size, with a short steel shank riveted to it ...

I was just pondering this same question, so if you do find out, please post!

some kinda Karhus AND Asolo boots for $120

https://www.mec.ca/en/gearswap/post/633859

Figure it by the mile and they are practically free!

Thanks Al, you make them sound pretty good.
"If you can afford the Objectives" - indeed, they don`t give those babies away. But I turn 60 in the spring and maybe I deserve a nice birthday present.

Cliffy, that is precisely the conundrum - whether the tradeoff is a good one. And complicated by the fact that i am pretty much always carrying between 25 and 40 lbs of pack. At the lighter end of that range i do still get some glide to my kick in the right conditions, but that is only going to be a...

Beautiful Serra corn mostly.