Hi all,
I am an intermediate skier looking to improve and am buying a new pair of ski boots. My feet are long (US shoe size 12/12.5, Euro 43) I think my ideal length is a 28 or 28.5, and that 27.5 is too short and small in the toe box with women’s boots, but women’s boots don’t come in longer sizes than 27.5. Men’s boots, even narrow ones, just end up too wide in the heel. I have very mangled toes from years of shoes too small in the toes when I was younger, and from running. I find the boot fitters I have visited don’t seem to appreciate my situation and are telling me to go with a 27.5. But I am very nervous about buying a 27.5 as the length just seems too short. Any thoughts or advice?
I am an intermediate skier looking to improve and am buying a new pair of ski boots. My feet are long (US shoe size 12/12.5, Euro 43) I think my ideal length is a 28 or 28.5, and that 27.5 is too short and small in the toe box with women’s boots, but women’s boots don’t come in longer sizes than 27.5. Men’s boots, even narrow ones, just end up too wide in the heel. I have very mangled toes from years of shoes too small in the toes when I was younger, and from running. I find the boot fitters I have visited don’t seem to appreciate my situation and are telling me to go with a 27.5. But I am very nervous about buying a 27.5 as the length just seems too short. Any thoughts or advice?