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This is a striking cross between a winter boot and a softer shoe, blending the low weight and forgiving comfort of one with the crampon compatibility of the other. In fact it's one of the lightest of the new generation of genre-defying mountain footwear. So how does it fare on some good old-fashioned Scottish hills? John McKenna finds out.

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It's nice to see some more winter boots that aren't ridiculously expensive!

What is the ridge (ridges?) that the photos were taken on? It looks great from what we can see behind the boots!

It's the East Ridge of Beinn a' Chaorainn https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/index.php?i=1487

That did cross my mind - when I did it the weather was considerably more grotty so we didn't get much of a view from about a third of the way up the ridge!

I think that's the 4th or 5th time I've done it, but the only one with proper decent visibility

Did they fit the semi-automatic crampons as they come, or do you need to swap out for a flexi linking bar?

These might be the answer to being uncomfortable in my (stiff for me) B2 boots.

Hi Dan,

Yea they fit semi-automatic as come.

These are much more approach shoe like than some of the other similar models I've mentioned in the review if that also helps.

Have Salewa said anything about when their online shop will be usable again in the UK? Its been shut since Brexit.