Shop Talk: Backcountry Skis, Boots, & Bindings
GEAR:30
BLISTER
4.9 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
John Weir from Bentgate in Golden, CO, is back to discuss advances in backcountry skis; draw comparisons between some high-profile touring boots; and reassess the pros, cons, & compromises of various AT bindings.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- Update on Bentgate (3:29)
- Boots: Tecnica Zero G Tour Pro vs Dynafit Radical Pro (8:41)
- Scarpa F1 LT (19:03)
- Advances in backcountry skis (22:29)
- AT Bindings (26:49)
- “Low Tech” bindings (29:48)
- Dynafit Rotation bindings (35:21)
- CAIC fundraiser (39:06)
- Supply chain realities (42:19)
- What We’re Celebrating (45:19)
RELATED LINKS
- John Weir, GEAR:30, Ep. #120
- Getting Here: Gunnison & Crested Butte
- Blister Summit Registration
- Subscribe to our Newsletter & Gear Giveaways
- Become a Blister Member / Get our Buyer’s Guide
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. |
| 0:10.1 | I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over |
| 0:15.5 | at blisterreview.com. |
| 0:18.7 | Today on the show, we've got John Weir from Bentgate, one of our blister recommended shops. |
| 0:25.5 | Bentgate is located in Golden, Colorado, and John is back on to talk about backcountry |
| 0:32.3 | skis and AT boots and AT bindings with us. |
| 0:37.2 | Now, we've had John on Gear 30 before. That is episode |
| 0:41.5 | number 120. And you should check that episode out if you haven't already because John has some |
| 0:49.1 | really smart things to say about boot fitting and backcountry related topics in general. And relatedly, we are very much |
| 0:59.4 | expecting slash hoping that John is going to be at our Blister Summit. So if you'd like to not only |
| 1:08.1 | hear his thoughts on these things, but actually get to meet John |
| 1:12.4 | in person and maybe go ski a bit with him, come to our Blister Summit. |
| 1:17.1 | Lots more developments are happening on that front. |
| 1:20.0 | We are going to be making more announcements about more brands that are coming to the summit. |
| 1:25.6 | So I promise, very good stuff happening in the background. |
| 1:29.8 | Also, we just sent out a newsletter today that Kristen Sinat, our Blister Summit director, put together. |
| 1:37.1 | There was a lot of good information in that newsletter. So I'm hoping that we can put a link to it |
| 1:43.3 | on the Blister Summit information page that you |
| 1:47.1 | will find if you go to the navigation of our Blister website. Lots of good stuff in that newsletter. |
| 1:54.1 | And I'm going to remind you again, we have put together this guide, we call it the getting here |
| 1:59.5 | guide to Gunnison and Crested Butte, for any of you |
| 2:03.3 | looking to come out to the area or join us in Mount Crested Butte for the Blister Summit, |
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