Ski Boot Testing Adapts

It wasn’t much later that ski areas began to shutter their ops, including Silver Mountain. The 2020 Boot Test was officially over before it began.

Luckily, a large part of our boot test team is comprised of shop owners, managers and bootfitters who had opportunities to both try-on new boot models at a variety of national and regional trade shows as well as a chance to ski many of this year’s new models at regional on-snow demos in January and February and then even again in May when Mt. Bachelor resort in Oregon managed to re-open its doors for a limited time. This year’s boot reviews are based both on testers’ previous experiences with unchanged models and the team’s combined tests of this year’s new boots. No, it’s not the same as boots going head to head by category and width with similar snow and temperatures over a five-day test period, and as such we can’t rightly rank boots, but we still feel confident that the information we’re presenting here is objective and fair. We hope these selected Editor’s Choice reviews help narrow the search for your next great boot and we’re looking forward to joining you for an epic return to skiing this winter.