The Best Women’s Touring Boot of 2025: Tecnica Zero G Tour Pro W

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In 2015, Tecnica started the Women 2 Women project, gathering industry leaders to help design products by and for women. This season, the program has turned out its latest creation: the new Zero G Tour Pro W. The previous edition of this boot was already a masterclass in intentional design. But this year, it received a full overhaul, including a remodeled shape, better touring capabilities, and stiffer flex—ideal for hard-charging ladies who need a backcountry boot that can actually keep up with them.

This year, the new women’s Zero G Tour Pro finally adopted the carbon-boosted cuff that the men’s boot has enjoyed for a few seasons. That significantly upped the boot’s stiffness, and our women testers were excited to finally have a gender-specific option with a 125 flex rating. The women’s model also saw an increase in the forward lean angle, from 12 to 14 degrees. Lean angles matter slightly more in women’s boots than in men’s boots, as women often have a lower center of gravity. That can make it more difficult to get weight forward in an upright boot. While the lean angle still isn’t truly adjustable, our female testers generally favored the update. “Tecnica nailed it,” one declared.

A new T-Hike ski-walk lever also made its way into the new Zero G Tour Pro. Though it takes some fiddling to get it oriented just right in ski mode, the taller lever helps transmit power to the newly reinforced lower shell. The result was a flex that was stout but forgiving—and earned top marks from testers in downhill performance.

In the skin track, the Zero G Tour Pro was also a crowd favorite. Tecnica managed to increase the range of motion by 10 percent, largely by raising the point at which the lower shell interacts with the cuff. That substantially enhanced rearward articulation. Along with that, the new boot is 100 grams lighter than the previous Zero G Tour Scout, which made for a noticeable difference. The weight savings came from the use of stiffer plastics in the cuff and the slimmer walk mechanism. Tecnica also managed to save weight in the lower, as the stiffer spines actually allowed for thinner plastics elsewhere. “The weight-to-performance ratio was very impressive,” one tester said after a day of skiing steep laps in the Eastern Sierra backcountry.

Compared to previous models in the Zero G line, the Tour Pro felt a bit wider and higher in the arch, a change most of our testers appreciated. The women’s-specific last also sports a new liner, with a slightly larger hinge area, and denser moldable foam in problem spots like the ankles. In fact, between the softer liner and targeted regions in the shell—made to be punched out or ground down as needed by a bootfitter—the Women’s Zero G Tour Pro was one of the best-fitting boots in our test, with very few negative comments.

Overall, most rejoiced: the wait is finally over for women who need a true performance touring boot.

See how the Tecnica Zero G Tour Pro W stacks up against our other favorite women’s backcountry boots of the year.