Light, warm boots with reasonable stiff soles
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:16 pm
Recently I saw several Merrill winter boots offered by MEC, e.g.:
http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/Footwear/ ... s-mens.jsp
OK, I like the lower cost, lower-weight, warmth-orientation of the boots... but I want boots that are stiff enough to take strap-on crampons for ~45 degrees slopes. At least the equivalent of a half-shank (preferably 3/4 shank), whether it be provided by steel or stiff nylon. Does such a boot exist?
http://www.mec.ca/AST/ShopMEC/Footwear/ ... s-mens.jsp
OK, I like the lower cost, lower-weight, warmth-orientation of the boots... but I want boots that are stiff enough to take strap-on crampons for ~45 degrees slopes. At least the equivalent of a half-shank (preferably 3/4 shank), whether it be provided by steel or stiff nylon. Does such a boot exist?