Comments on: Dynafit Boot Fittings – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know

By: Lou

Lou — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:56:27 +0000

Angus, if the boot has a crampon welt (ledge), you can use the Silvretta 500 or find a used pair of Silvretta 404.

http://www.wildsnow.com/1156/silvretta-500-in-the-museum-and-still-available/

That said, why not look for a Dynafit TLT 4 boot or something like that, and use it for climbing, and use with Dynafit bindings?

By: Angus

Angus — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:21:57 +0000

Hi. Along the same lines as Stretch’s question on 10 March, I’m looking at a pair of Scarpa Inverno or Scarpa Omega boots for climbing. Do you know whether there is a binding system available to fit them to touring skis? If not, do you know of any other plastic boots that will fit this dual (climbing / skiing) purpose? I appreciate your help.

By: Stretch

Stretch — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:09:15 +0000

Hi everybody.

I’m wondering if anyone has experimented with modifying alpine climbing boots to work with Dynafit fittings.

Here in New Zealand you often fly into a hut for some mid-winter glacier skiing and climbing. I’d like to mod a pair of Scarpa Omega’s to fit in a Dynafit binding simply for approaching climbs. I don’t want to have to haul two pair’s of boots across to the climb, or have to climb in the touring boots.

Any comments folks?

By: jason

jason — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:39:29 +0000

thanks a million Lou!

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:10:10 +0000

First, the boots. What Mick said. Like any boot maker Scarpa is only as good as their quality, and they stand behind their product if something gets through their inspection and quality control that doesn’t meet their standards (that’s one of the best things about Scarpa). So yep, boots with Dynafit fittings should be interchangeable left/right with properly mounted bindings, perhaps with very very very small variations, much less than you describe and that do NOT require having a right/left binding. If the boots are not right, the answer is simple, they should be returned on warranty.

As for the liners, it’s been true for some time that the best liner designs are compromised by the need for the unmolded “store fit.” The egregious example of this is liners that are lined with a thin layer of non-thermo foam so they feel more cush when you first put them on, but which simply compresses after a bit of use and thus makes the boot feel sloppy. It goes on and on… My only suggestion is that working with a good boot fitter and knowing the options (and being ready to purchase after-market liners in some cases) are the only ongoing solutions. If a boot doesn’t feel good in the shop, it’ll get aced out in sales by the ones who do, so things are not going to change in that area anytime soon.