Love ’em or hate ’em, they work, or they don’t: I’d often heard these binary statements about Dynait boots. For me, the earlier iterations of the TLT, the 5 and 6, were unkind, as in semi-painful. A few boot iterations later, and here I am, having skied and mostly loved the TLT X for the past few months.
I’ve been in the boots for roughly 25 ski days, including a week-long traverse with a 38-pound pack. For that tour, I slid around on the Black Crow Mentis (178cm), a great pairing with the TLT X. Outside the tour, I’ve been using a 2022-2023 Blizzard Zero G 95 (171cm) and, on two occasions, a 2022-2023 Black Crows Ova.
After sufficient time on the boot, I wanted to jot down some thoughts. If you missed my initial review, you could garner some background information on the boot at this link.
Jason Albert comes to WildSnow from Bend, Oregon. After growing up on the East Coast, he migrated from Montana to Colorado and settled in Oregon. Simple pleasures are quiet and long days touring. His gray hair might stem from his first Grand Traverse in 2000 when rented leather boots and 210cm skis were not the speed weapons he had hoped for. Jason survived the transition from free-heel kool-aid drinker to faster and lighter (think AT), and safer, are better.