User Review: Asolo Cliff

Reviewed December 10, 1997 by an anonymous hiker

Rating:
Materials: Full Grained Leather (2.8mm silicon impregnated)
Use: very rough trails, spring/summer mountaineering, non-lead ice climbing
Break-in Period: around 4 weeks (give or take a few days)
Weight: around 2.5 lbs
Price Paid: $220

I have used these boots on numerous rough trail backpacking trips with 42-50 lb pack, and these boots have always held up to my expectations. For mountaineering in most of the continental 48, they are much preferred over bulky plastic boots. With these there is no need to carry approach shoes as with plastic boots, and they weigh significantly less.

The only problem I have ever encountered is that when used with strap-on crampons, such as Grivel G10s, they can begin to leek water in around the toebox. This water after many days of deep snow and glacier travel, but it still happened after 5 water proofing treatments. For top roping on ice they work decent if plastic boots are unavailable, and are more than adequate to climb seracs in among icefalls. They also accept almost any type of crampons, and especially fit the switchblades and sabertooth crampons (Black Diamond) very well. I would recommend these boots to anyone who's needs fit the use of the boot.

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