Description
New for 2025-2026 Altai Skis Winter boot
The Winter is a full double boot, warm, light, and sturdy. We worked with both Alico and Intuition to put together this lightest of double backcountry leather boots. This is pretty much the boot I used on most of my winter trips into the Altai Mountains. I had the Alico shell and a bit lower wrap Intuition liner. This setup is quite light for a double leather boot, very warm, and gave me a good balance of touring performance and ski control. My first trip into the Altai I took plastic tele boots and found they got very stiff in really cold weather (leather does not) and the plastic seemed to conduct cold much more efficiently than leather.
The Alico shell is full grain leather with a stiff integrated midsole. The shell also comes with an ankle strap, well positioned to keep the heel firmly in the heel cup of the boot. The Alico shells use a full grain leather and the newer Vibram Outback sole , the thickest of the two 3pin soles they currently produce. We also use a fairly stiff integrated insole, increasing the ski/edge control. The outer shell height is about 22 cm (8 3/4 inches) on a mens size 10. The Intuition liner height is approximately 28 cm (11 inches), quite a bit taller than the normal double boot liners. The boots are sized in US sizing and with testing so far they are running fairly true to size. We have both men’s (7-13)and women’s sizes(6-10). The men’s run close to a whole size larger than the women’s and are wider than the women’s lasts, Particularly in the ankle.
There are a number of advantages to using the Intuition liners.
– They are much lighter, reducing the weight of my 11 mens boot by more than a pound per pair.
– The 9mm foam makes the liners very warm and the Lycra inner lining dries quickly and does not pill over time. 
– The liners can be heated (and reheated) to conform to your foot, particularly useful if you have a wide or narrow foot, or if you have bone spurs or bunions. This is the really key part to these liners and makes them very comfortable. I did not heat mine on my pair of Winters, letting my feet form them over 3-4 days just from skiing in them. I have heated them in the past when I had bone spurs and it worked great (the bone spurs were gone in about a year). The liners, being taller, work well in 2 buckle plastic telemark boots like the T3,T4 Scarpas and the Excursions.
We chose to use the simple wrap liner. I find tongue liners always want to migrate to one side and laces are just one more thing to fuss with – the boot laces work well for cinching up the boot along with the ankle strap.
Price : $399.95
Heat molding AS Intuition boot Liners
