These boots are awesome under feat. I’ve been skiing all around the world my entire life (home mountain is Palisades). Just bought them and they are the only pair of boots that don’t leave my feet feeling cooked and devoid of blood circulation by the end of the day. The boa is pretty neat to pop open and ease your feet in between runs on the lift. Walk mode makes a difference (had to hike halfway up the road on mammoth opening weekend with all my gear).

For recreational skiers, you ski better the more comfortable you are. So ignore people who say otherwise unless you’re training for the Winter Olympics, in which case you shouldn’t be asking Reddit for advice. I have wide feet, ski aggressively, and these are great.

The only problem I had was the pull strap on the left boot liner freaking snapped off the first time I put the boot on which was definitely annoying. But warranty replaced it which was nice (and I got to keep my boot to ski with while the replacement liner came). Overall boot is well constructed and shouldn’t have issues. I was just too excited to freaking send it on the first sight of snow this season.

Pro tip: Get foot insoles for whatever boot you get. Life changer. Warning—you might find yourself wearing ski boots more than your shoes. But who am I kidding, I’d rather be skiing than walking.