Anthony O

Is this a stiffer boot than the kilo? Don't need a race boot, just curious if the carbon makes this just a more responsive kilo, ie kilo pro, rather than stratos step down. Looking for performance comparison as well to f1 xt against both this and the kilo.

I would say it's close enough. The difference imo between those two boots as far as skiing goes will entirely boil down to fit. The absolute stiffness is there. The tecnica is more progressive from memory whereas the ridge is more immediately stiff.

What's the ramp on these?

Camber doesn't make a ski more versatile and skinning uphill in ice isnt much harder, it just requires more precise balance and better skinning technique. Anyone who has practiced it can go up any slope that folks on a cambered ski can. I think complaining about skinning capabilities of full rocker skis is entirely a hobby of folks with little or no experience skinning (or skiing for that matter) with them. They aren't popular just because most people want concessions for resort skiing, not because of lack ...

brett, the walk mode its different, not the same lever. It also is a lot less faffy to get into. the receiving pin area that was breaking on people has been beefed up, its 24mm of material width now as opposed to 19. the flex is subtly softer but not much. scarpa has responded to most of your concerns with next years quattro pro. More cuff material that covers the tongue more, beefed up receiving pin area, beefier liner 130+ flex. Id imagine the annoyingness to get on is the same though. I havent experien...