Mountain footwear the complete guide 

Hopefully soon, I still have to make it!

Ya the Dallbello have the removable tongue for skiing up hill, I've nevr used them for touring though, because I use other lighter touring specific boots. I really only use them as my resort boots, and maybe a little bit of side country touring with a cast system or a Marker duke or something like that. I just don't have any skis with that set up yet. The new version that they came out with this year has a fixed tongue, so you can tour uphill with out taking it out.

That's kind of a tough question to answer without knowing to much about you, but I'll give it a shot. The main things to consider is what you feel comfortable climbing at the grade in, you will for sure feel better climbing in climbing shoes, but if you are comfortable climbing the route in your Tx2's then you don't need to bring the climbing shoes. I do a lot of alpine climbing in approach shoes or my mountain boots. If you like the hiking boots on the way up then by all means use them, but if you can get away with a lighter approach shoe on the way up, now you only need one piece of footwear for the whole climb! Another factor is how much snow there will be, a Mid season climb could involve no snow at all, but I don't know for sure. If I were to guess I would assume most of the hiking trail will have no snow, and maybe only a little biut of patches getting into camp. There may be a little bit of snow on the route but probably not that much either. Me personally I would probably bring a few pairs of footwear in the car so I have options, if you can get some beta from another person who climbed the route a little bit before you go up there that would be best. If they say no snow I would use a high top approach shoe like the La Sportiva TX4, It's a bit more beefy than the TX2, and I would only need one piece of footwear for the whole climb. If there is a lot of snow, and I would maybe need crampons I would use the Scarpa Zodiac tech. It's made for snow and can handle a crampon. If you're using those boots you may want a climbing shoe for the rock depending on your comfort level.

I don't think I have a video about that yet, but it's a good topic! If I'm finding a climbing shoe that is soft then I'll often go for a tighter fit because the shoe is going to stretch out, if it's a stiffer shoe then I won't go as tight. If I wear a 42.5 in most normal shoes, then I'll often go for about 40.5 in soft shoes and they stretch out, the more comfort climbing shoes are 41 or 41.5. I'll make a video about climbing shoes soon!

I hear that Lowe boots fit really wide feet, you could also check out Sawela and see if their boots fit a big foot. My feet are on the wider side, right foot is about 103mm, and my left is about 104mm and I still fit in the scarpa's great!

@@ryantilley9063 Thanks! Every scarpa I've tried gives me a hot spot. For reference though, I tour in scott cosmos which I think is a 104mm last? Appreciate the recs.

The BD's are between $170 for the strap to $240 for the stinger. The Petzl linx is $260