Man has it been awhile since I've posted. I guess between being a husband and a father, and having a fulltime job, time kinda gets away from me. Today I want to talk about one of my favorite pairs of ski boots and why I think they were perfect for me at the time. After my ski racing career I wanted a boot that was stiff and yet comfortable, seeing as race boots are far from comfortable. The first pair of boots I skied in, after race boots, were a pair of Nordica SpeedMachine 110s, and I never really fell in love with the boots. I didn't think that they were very comfortable, and I didn't think that they were stiff enough for me to enjoy them. I'm sized for my feet at a 26, so I usually end up in a 25.5 since no-one makes full sizes, simply half sizes. The Nordica SpeedMachine's were a 26.5, which was perfect after not skiing for 2 years, but that meant that I spent that ski season looking for boots that I would want to ski in and be a 25.5. As luck would have it, the Rossignol rep hooked me up big time and I got a pair of the Rossignol Alltrack Pro 130s for a screaming deal. They were the first pair of ski boots that I not only felt comfortable touring in, but also felt were stiff enough to really enjoy charging in them.
The Rossignol Alltrack Pro 130s offer a great ski boot, that has a decent touring mode. I will agree with many other reviewers that the boot isn't the greatest touring boot on the market, but at the same time, it isn't meant to be. This boot is fun to ski in, it has a more upright and comfortable stance than most high performance ski boots, a fairly wide last for a boot of this stiffness and all in all these things make this boot great for hard charging skiers that want a boot they can tour in and be comfortable in. To be completely honest I don't know what else to add about these boots. There are things that I would have liked more, but as a hybrid boot goes the Alltrack Pro 130 is amazing. I used these boots for 2 seasons of skiing and put 160 days of skiing into them before I ended up breaking the shell and needed to move on to my next boot, but to this day, the Rossignol Alltrack Pro 130 is probably my favorite boot I've ever skied in.
