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The Best Ski Boots of 2026 (Piste/All Mountain | Freeride)

We review the Best Ski Boots for the new 2026 winter season, covering the best piste, all mountain and freeride ski boots. Host Iain Martin was joined by The Ski Podcast’s equipment expert Al Morgan and Frazer Shand, Operations Manager at Profeet. This special episode has been made possible by the Profeet Ski Boot Lab, based in south-west London. Profeet offer expert ski boot fitting, custom insoles and ski boot modifications. SHOW NOTES Watch our ‘Best Skis of 2026’ video Ski Boot definitions and terms… Shell (4:00) Last (4:30) Mondopoint (5:45) Flex (7:15) Liner (8:45) BOA (10:15) Powerstrap (12:30) Walk mode and Grip Walk (13:30) Sustainability (16:30) Function, Fit and Footbeds (18:15) Find out about the fitting process at the Profeet Ski Boot Lab (18:45) Profeet start with a biomechanical analysis and foot scan (19:45) Custom insoles (23:00) Customisation (24:00) Visting the Dalbello factory (34:00) Get your free tickets to the London Snow Show (55:45) Profeet will be exhibiting at the London Snow Show (56:30) THE BEST SKI BOOTS OF 2026 K2 Cortex Zonal 120 BOA (26:30) £625 SIZES (MP): 24.5 - 28.5 - VOLUME: Low - LAST (mm): 96 – 98 - WEIGHT (per boot): 2,179g (26.5MP) These are incredible boots, delivering a ton of support and superb hold, in a flex that will work far better for most skiers. K2 has offered single BOA on higher-volume boots previously, but the Cortex is the slimmest profile they’ve integrated this into, and this time you get the benefit of the dial and cable system on the shell and cuff, on the Zonal models. Dalbello Veloce Space 120 Dual (32:00) £580 SIZES (MP): 24.5 - 30.5 - VOLUME: Medium - LAST (mm): 101 -FLEX: 120 WEIGHT (per boot): 2,050g (27.5MP) The shell and cuff on the 120 are made of PU. They inject differing hardnesses of plastic, to take advantage of the phenomenal wrap you get with the BOA system. It also makes the boots easier to get on. The mouldable liner is beautifully comfortable, and the Adaptive Tongue construction, integrating memory foam, is so nice for the shins, also helping with instep comfort. The pre-shaped Ankle Sense zones enhance the heel hold. Head Kalibre 110 MV BOA 2 (36:00) £510 SIZES (MP): 25.0 - 30.5 -VOLUME: Medium - LAST (mm): 100 Rossignol Alltrack 130 Elite LV LT GW (40:30) £625 - SIZES (MP): 24.0 – 29.5 - WALK MODE: Y, - VOLUME: Low LAST (mm): 98 - FLEX: 130 - WEIGHT (per boot): 1,825g Armada AR One 130 (43:00) £580 SIZES (MP): 24.5 - 29.5 - WALK MODE: N - VOLUME: Medium LAST (mm): 100 - FLEX: 130 - WEIGHT (per boot):100g (26.5MP) The AR One is Armada’s first ever ski boot and it’s a very impressive hybrid cabrio design blending Alpine and freeski design. Designed by Armada, it’s built in partnership with their sister company, Atomic. This is a fabulous downhill ski boot, with excellent lateral response, impressive power, it’s smooth with great damping and superb heel hold. Scarpa 4 Quattro GT Woman (45:45) £580 SIZES (MP): 22.5 – 27.0 WALK MODE: Y, 61° ROM VOLUME: Medium LAST (mm): 101 FLEX: 90 / 110 WEIGHT (per boot): 1,510g (25.0MP) The 4-Quattro range has been an incredible success, especially the XT model which has been a benchmark freeride touring boot in recent seasons. Scarpa’s dropped the XT for this winter, but they’ve updated the SL, they still have the 4-Quattro Pro, which Nikolai Schirmer uses and helped develop, and they’ve added in a new GT model in a woman’s and man’s version. PROFEET’S CHOICE Technica Mach1 LV 130, £550 (48:30) Feedback (51:00) I enjoy all feedback about the show, so if you enjoyed this episode, or if you have any questions about skis we didn’t cover, then please let us know by leaving a comment at Instagram or Facebook – we are @theskipodcast – or by dropping me an email [email protected]. You can also follow us on WhatsApp for exclusive material released ahead of the podcast. There are now 276 episodes of The Ski Podcast to catch up with. You can do that too, there is so much to listen to in our back catalog, just go to theskipodcast.com and search around the tags and categories: you’re bound to find something of interest. If you enjoyed this episode and would like to help the podcast, there are three things you can do: you can follow us, or subscribe, so you never miss an episode you can give us a review on Apple Podcasts or leave a comment on Spotify And, if you’re booking ski hire this winter, don’t forget that you can help The Ski Podcast and save yourself some money on your ski hire by using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ when you book at intersportrent.com. You’ll get a guaranteed additional discount, or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied.