khu

I ended up getting a pair of the triolet's in 44. I guess that's 10.5 in US so it's a reasonable buffer for socks/swelling/snow pack in my boot. This time of year, what temps can you expect at the lunch counter on adams and camp muir on rainier?

When I was trying on boots a size 43 had my toes right at the end of the toe box, with the 43.5 my toes would touch the front while going down the little test ramp in REI, and they did not have a 44 to try. Should I assume a 44 will work? I could see the 43.5 causing issues on descent. I wear a size 10 street shoe and I guess 44 may work to allow for foot expansion and sock layering. I had smartwool snowboarding socks on while testing these. Probably what I would wear on the mountain.

Just moved to the area after graduating school and landing a job in Seattle. I'm looking to get on some climbs and have yet to obtain gear. I've got outerwear covered except for boots. I would be looking to do mainly spring-summer climbs. I am not interested in ice climbing, just snow/steep snow, alpine class 5 and scrambles. My question is this: I'm looking at Scarpa boots, and have narrowed it down to the Mont Blanc, Triolet Pro GTX and the Maverick gtx, which is best suited for the area. Now, I know that the Mont blanc is kind of an outlier in the group, but I'm really not sure if it's something I need or not. I would imagine something like the Triolet or Maverick would suffice for the seasons I'd mainly be climbing, but I would love to get out on some cold weather climbs, be it either back country boarding, snow camping or even an ascent, and I feel the triolet and maverick would not be warm enough. Any help is welcome, I'm new to the sport and area, so I really don't know what I should be looking for. Thanks! khu