As the sport evolved, some snowboarders, including Jim Zellers, modified Koflach mountaineering boots while others embraced hard plastic ski boots on metal plate bindings. The ski boots were popular ...

I've tried winter boots and cross-country ski boots, ... I’ve found that a pair of lightweight plastic mountaineering boots work best, something like the Koflach Degre ($255; www.koflachusa.com).

Do you have any recommendations about footwear (boots, covers, etc.)? I've seen these nes used a lot for climbs: Koflach Arctis Expe, OneSport Everest, or Scarpa Inverno. Any "new" kids on the ...

Conrad said he knew it must be Lowe and Bridges because he remembered they wore blue-and-red North Face backpacks, and yellow Koflach boots, just as the two alpinists had described. Bridges was 29 ...