Ice boots with skinny ankle support.

I gave up my Nepal EVOs because my ankle was always rolling; it seemed that the flexible panels were just collapsing when walking over uneven surfaces - imagine that, uneven surfaces while walking up a mountain or on ice. The ankle roll doesn't injure me, but it just makes me work harder.

Now I'm giving a pair of Mont Blanc Pros a try, but I fear that I'll have the same problem. Anybody tried the women's version of this boot? Is it built more skinny?

So, I am wondering if anybody else has the same problem. I'm pretty skinny, so probably don't fill-out boots as much as bigger guys. I don't feel that I'm particularly prone to collapsing ankles - I can do non-winter approaches just fine in low-tops.

I have super skinny legs, and after trying numerous boots (there's a store in Paris that's a gem for that, they carry literally every single boot out there: Au Vieux Campeur), I found that the Asolo Eiger were the best fit. Not sure it'll fit you, but just throwing that out there.

These are all somewhat rugged boots, and rolling your ankle sounds more like a fit thing than a construction issue.

I'm guessing you'll have the same problem in the Mont Blancs. The women's Nepal will be snugger in the ankle but lower cut.

Have you tried superfeet like insert? In my years of fitting running shoes/hikers/mtn boots I've seen them work wonders. Aside from thin ankles, do you have any other issues, like over pronation/supination? That can lead to lots of ankle rolling issues that an insert will help correct.

As for different boot models, the Lowa Wiesshorn is a pretty low volume cut and snug in the ankles. Asolo used to have some boots that were pretty skinny in the ankles, but I'm not as familiar with their current line.

I have narrow feet, skinny ankles and calves. I use the nepal evo women's boot and it works well for me. I also use insoles.

Thanks for the interesting replies.

I have been using Superfeet - mostly green, which is high volume, high arch. This is more than I would select for running or other activities, but hasn't bothered me. Generally, I would wear an arch supporting but not super-high running shoe. I'm gonna switch to blue (medium) this season.

For clarification, I don't feel that I have support issues on anywhere near flat ground. I'm mainly annoyed by the _collapsing_ support when traversing terrain. Obviously I don't want full rigid support, as that would suck too.

If others visiting this thread have experiences, I'd really like to hear.

I have a similar "problem". My ankles are super skinny, yet my feet are fairly long, narrow and low volume. I also use Green Superfeet. Way back when I used Nepals (10+ years ago) when I was traversing, the ankles would roll over and pinch. Uncomfortable to say the least. I just dealt with it until I switched to Trango Extremes (multiple generations). Much better comfort wise. All of these boots are designed to have flexible ankles for actually climbing in them. I'm now using Batura 2.0s and Baruntses with good results.