Mountaineering Boot Repair

When I got back from ice climbing today I noticed I had a large crack in the tow of my Koflach Degree boots. I have had them for about 6 years and have had some seasons with more use and some with less. I am wondering if this is something that even can be repaired, and if anyone knows some quick fixes that would be safe for this sort of boot. Alternatively if they're trashed, they're trashed... I am also curious if anyone else has had this happen to their plastic boots and if the timeline for this type of wear was reasonable.

My limited exper. with Koflach boots tells me they die by cracking/breaking. I'd suggest you start shopping.

Usually it's the upper cuff though...odd to see it at the toe like that. Keep wearing them and see if it gets worse.

Epoxy

Probably kicked the ice just right which caused the impact. Probably nice cold ice as well. As said, the boots are toast. If the liners are any good you might be able to get a set of shells from Koflach.

BTW the newer modern boots will do the same but instead of cracking the toe collapses.

Well I went to a local ski shop and talked to them about repair options to limp them along while I am shopping for new or used boots. We did a high strength (not epoxy) adhesive repair which seemed to work well until my poor excuse for a toe bumper fell off, then the crack slowly opened back up. I am in the process of redoing the adhesive for the crack then I am going to try something different for the toe and see how what happens.

Yeah so that didn't work... Looks like I need to get new ones a bit sooner than I was hoping.

On a separate note does anyone know if there is a known difference between the orange and the red koflach degre boots? I just tried on a pair of the red ones and they felt a bit narrower than my orange ones. Comparison of the soles supports this as well.