I’m not usually a fan of ultralight ski touring boots, but with La Sportiva’s new 1000g Kilo, you don’t have to trade off too much ski performance for uphill efficiency. Powder aims to feature only ...

After day two, I had to drop some weight from my ski touring kit — I swapped in La Sportiva’s new ultralight Kilo boots. But no way was I leaving my biggest, burliest powder skis at home.

These are perfect to use with crossover boots, but most can be used with boots lacking tech inserts to ski in the resort. The release value of a tech touring binding is often confused with DIN. Here's ...