We backcountry folk are living in a time of unprecedented plenty. The advancements in product design in the last 5 years is remarkable. Better boots, skis, bindings, avy gear…all of it making alpine touring easier, more comfortable and safer. No where have the advancements been as significant in these last few years as in the boots that are now available to us. They are lighter, more comfortable, ski like alpine boots should, but go uphill with an efficiency unknown previously. Dynafit has been a brand at the forefront of these product developments and their new boots are arguably the state of the art. Prepare to be impressed.

For all those people who have yet to realize that race boots like the Dynafit Dy.N.A, are fully capable of handling steep crazy terrain, the new Dynafit TLT 5 boot may be the answer. Boots such as these, are unbelievably light, stiff, and are better to climb in than conventianal touring boots. They provide the same amount of stiffness as boots such as the Garmont Radium, are half the weight, only weighing in at 1115g with a tongue! The walk mode is easily the most beautiful part of the boot, which extend your stride a massive distant building speed and allowing you to move long distances in a short amount of time.

With new crazy light versions of "tech" bindings out on the market, companies like ATK, Colibri, Merreli, Montura, etc, really had the race market in a new era of lightweight gear. Dynafit has met the demand, of insanely light gear, and ramped up the competition between companies with the revamped version of the Low Tech's. Weighing in at 117g per binding (toe and heel), the sleek new design is hard to miss. I had seen the new version awhile ago, while Dynafit had been keeping it undercover and hush hush, but now that the Outdoor Retailer show is going on it's available for the world to discover. I asked Pete Swenson to get some closeups for this post.

There are a lot of great race boots out there, all with their own features, quirks, and advantages/disadvantages. Dynafit released the Dy.N.A World Cup Boot with the goal of eliminating any disadvantages and building a boot that caters to exactly what the ski mountaineering racer is really after, and to meet the demands of speed traverses, even steep skiing. I had previously wrote an article on its features, those alone convincing me that this was an awesome boot. But skiing is believing, here's all the other info you've been looking for.
 

I've had the chance to ski alot of skis over the past few years, everything from World Cup downhill skis to insane powder boards like the Movement Fly Swatters. The Dynafit Manaslu's are skis for the hard charging skier who tours a lot.
 
 
 
 

The much anticipated Dynafit Dy.N.A World Cup Race boot is here, and is building a strong following already. The design pulls from many great designs, taking the advantages of all the race boots on the market (and off), and combining it into one. As a racer I try to constantly find even the smallest advantage over the competition. Looking into many different schools of thoughts on race boots, I found that the Dy.N.A combined all of them in their own way.