I'm long due to hit the slopes. I've been neglecting them. I've done lots of alpine skiing in the past. But lately I'm getting excited about Alpine/Touring skiing. What a fantastic way to stay in shape during the Winter!
I don't know much about A/T skiing, but fortunately I work at Backcountry.com. I found lots of people willing to help (thanks Walt, Mark, Robby). So, here's what I've decided. I want to go with the Dynafit setup. I am told that Dynafit compatible boots will work with any A/T or alpine setup so that's a great benefit.
Next lesson: boots are the most important part of your setup. If you are going to spend money somewhere, spend it on nice boots. And it's not necessarily the price that makes them good. You just need to go try them on. I am going to visit the nearby Black Diamond store here in SLC and have them fit me, per Robby's recommendation. He says the folks over there are fantastic.
To get minimally started, I will also need some bindings and skis. I'm very interested right now in the Zealots and the Dynafit TLT Vertical ST Alpine Touring Bindings. See my A/T wishlist on Backcountry.com. However, I can demo some of this stuff for free, so I'm just going to get boots for now so I can try some stuff out.
It's a little lame I'm waiting until the season's almost over to get going on this. Oh well. This is going to be a blast!
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