Check the fit before you check the price
Check that the parts fit each other before you compare prices: crampon to boot, binding to sole, sleeping bag to hut.
Alpine Fit Guide is a small buying guide for people about to spend real money on boots, crampons, ski bindings or a sleeping bag for a specific trip. Each page starts with the answer, then shows the options and where every number came from.
Start with your question
Ice climbing boots for beginnersRent first if you can. If you buy, here are three boots whose numbers could be confirmed.
Which crampons fit your boots?A short lookup that starts from your boot's sole and welts.
Which bindings fit your ski boots?Start from the standard stamped on the sole and whether the toe has tech inserts.
Sleeping bags for ski hut tripsMost huts are warmer than people pack for. Five down bags with weights and prices.
Trip gear listsWhat to bring for an ice day and a ski hut night, with the weights that can be backed up.
How this site works
- No gear is tested here. Each page draws on what makers, stores and reviewers publish, and links every source it used.
- A number only goes on a page if it turns up in two places. When the places disagree, the number stays out and the page says so.
- Every figure carries the date it was read. Prices change faster than this site will.
The full list is on the numbers and sources page.