SCARPA’s new 4-Quattro may be on top of the boot pile for touring and backcountry travel and performance.
The Italian brand seeks a broad audience for its new boot, which aims at a tricky balance point. While prioritizing versatile utility, it also hunts power, mobility, light weight, and stability when walking.
The 4-Quattro is off to a good start as the lightest GripWalk hybrid ski boot ever made.
GripWalk touts its sole binding technology as the most walkable platform for a ski boot. Instead of the traditional plastic clip system, it embeds its binding components into a treaded rubber sole.
SCARPA adapted the tech into four models of hybrid boots that tip the scale less than any GripWalk boot ever has — each weighs in at 1,500 g or less at an average size.
The 4-Quattro builds on the time-tested Freedom series, which launched in 2013. That platform prioritized alpine-level performance and construction with an overlap shell, low weight, and a wide range of cuff motion.
The brand positions the 4-Quattro to take the logic one step further.
“The 4-Quattro boot is SCARPA’s first line of ski boots fully focused on the alpine-ski world, so we made sure to build a boot that’s performance-oriented, light, and technical enough for the best skiers in the world, but one that’s comfortable and versatile for everyday skiers who want a boot that spans a big range of potential uses,” said Massimo Pellizzer, ski boot category manager for SCARPA.
SCARPA 4-Quattro Ski Boots Design and Specs
