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Wasatch Backcountry, UT

Rapping into Montgomery Couloir.

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Black Diamond Stiletto (Women’s Big-Mountain)

$680
Even a male tester found the Stiletto stiff enough for charging. This four-buckle women’s boot has a spacious toe box, a softer flex, and a liner that feels like a fur slipper.

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Black Diamond Push (All-Mountain)

$680
Go anywhere you want in this boot—up the skin track or down the steeps. It’s lighter and leaner than the Custom (above) and fits just right, thanks to the same snowboard-style ratcheting liner.

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Black Diamond Custom (Big-Mountain)

$720
The telemark equivalent of the Factor (previous page), the Custom is suited to expert skiers who spend most of their time charging big lines. It’s stiff, responsive, and has the same snug ratcheting system on the liner as BD’s AT boots.

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Garmont Elektra (Women’s Big-Mountain)

$680
Like the Ener-G (above), the women-specific, four-buckle Elektra suits strong, all-terrain skiers who want a boot that won’t wimp out. It has the same lace-up liner as the Ener-G, but it’s cut for a female foot.

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Garmont Syner-G (All-Mountain)

$600
With a mid-height cuff and just three buckles, the lightweight Syner-G was born to tour. Lock it into walk mode and choose from two angles of forward lean.

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Garmont Ener-G (Big-Mountain)

$680
For aggressive tele skiers with wider feet, the triple-injected Ener-G won’t disappoint on big-mountain, backcountry terrain. Its newly designed lace-up liner offers a snug fit.

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Scarpa T1 Lady (Women’s Big-Mountain)

$649
If women’s tele boots never feel quite stiff enough for you, you’ve never tried the T1 Lady. It’s basically the T1 (previous review) but with a slimmer heat-moldable Intuition liner to fit dainty feet.