Boot Reviews
The Garmont Radium is one of the well farmed and tasty crop of overlap cuff boots that came out over the past year or so. By using a shell design similar to an alpine shoe, these backcountry skiing boots have a better ski flex and have more flexibility for walking because your stride isn’t blocked by the stiff tongue of “tongue” boots. Up and down better — always a good combo. I skied the Radium a bit last spring, then during a few months of “winter” in New Zealand as my only boot (both alpine and AT). About 40 days total.
Louie Dawson earned his Bachelor Degree in Industrial Design from Western Washington University in 2014. When he’s not skiing Mount Baker or somewhere equally as snowy, he’s thinking about new products to make ski mountaineering more fun and safe.
