Over the past decade I’ve been using the Boots for on 90% of my backcountry missions with well over 1000 days of tedious climbing and doing everything I can to break down the boots to on avail. I’ve had numerous people ask me if they are worth purchasing and I always say yes and so I thought I would put up a Fitwell backcountry snowboard boots review from my experience.
Snowboard mountaineers have to make a choice between two major types
of boots for their backcountry expeditions– either hard boots or soft boots. “Hard boots” are the plastic-shelled, uncomfortable stiff boot of choice for the traditional ski mountaineer. But snowboarders, ever intent upon evolving existing snowsports technology, have come up with their own special brand of backcountry boot.
The Driver X is the perfect compromise between a stiff mountaineering boot (yes, it works great with crampons), and the cozy goodness of those boots you take resort riding. It’s a stiff, yet comfortable, softshell boot that rips it up in the pow and also lets you keep your footing on a steep face.