Alpine Touring
Game-changer alert! The price tag is no joke, but the TLT, with its full carbon-fiber upper cuff, boasts the best stiffness-to-weight ratio we’ve ever seen. It weighs less than five pounds, and it rips: The two-buckle lockdown system yields solid ski-to-boot power. Shave off a quarter of the price with the slightly softer and heavier (5.4 lbs) TLT 5 Mountain ($750). 4.9 lbs;
TAGS: touring, carbon fiber