Ski Touring Bindings
Your binding is the only thing connecting boot to ski, and it shapes every part of the day. Fourteen models built with ATK in Italy, from a 110‑gram race pin to a 15‑DIN freeride setup.
Which Binding Is Right For You?
Three questions get you to the right binding, and the first one rules out more options than most people expect.
01What boots do you use?
Most of this lineup is tech bindings: two pins at the toe, two at the heel, and a boot with matching metal inserts. They’re light because they hold the boot directly rather than through a frame, and nothing here weighs more than 400 grams. If your boots have tech fittings, every binding below is open to you.
If they don’t, you have two options. The X-Trace Pivot 2.0 is a universal strap binding that takes any boot at all, including alpine boots and snowboard boots, which makes it the answer for splitboarders, for approach skis, and for anyone who wants to tour without buying a second pair of boots. The Vist VJ 75 is a junior alpine binding for resort skiing, with a rail system that adjusts as a kid’s foot grows and then hands down to a sibling.
No tech fittings and no plan to buy touring boots? Start with the X-Trace Pivot 2.0.
02How do you ski?
All-Round
For everything
The broadest part of the range. Pure 8 and Pure 10 are the value entry at 280g, simple and light with nothing to go wrong. The Pin Up 8 EVO and Pin Up 10 EVO add the EVO brake system and more climbing height for 295g. Kids get the Grom 5, which is a real binding scaled down rather than a toy.
Adventure
For the descent
Stiffer, higher-retention bindings for skiers who tour to ski hard on the way down. The Core 12 EVO at 350g covers most freeride touring with a 5‑12 release range. When the terrain gets serious, the Core FR 15 EVO goes to 15 and adds the retention you want above a mandatory air.
Performance
For the clock
The Ultra World Cup is 110 grams. That is not a typo, and it is roughly a third of everything else here. It runs a fixed race release setting and no brakes, which is exactly what a skimo racer wants and exactly what a recreational tourer should think twice about. If you want the weight with a brake, the Ultra World Cup Brake adds one for 25 grams.
03Confirm your specifications
Release value
Our range runs from 1‑5 on the Grom 5 up to 7‑15 on the Core FR 15 EVO, with most skiers somewhere in the middle. Release value is set from your weight, height, boot sole length, age and how you ski, and it’s worth getting right rather than guessing. If you’re unsure, tell us your numbers and we’ll work it out with you.
Brake width
Pick a brake at least 2 mm wider than your ski’s waist. A brake narrower than the ski will not clear it. We stock 70 mm through 120 mm, and the Pure, Pin Up and Grom bindings can all be ordered with no brakes at all if you’d rather run leashes.
Boot sole length
Every tech binding here adjusts, but the range differs by model, and mounting position is set from your BSL. You’ll find it stamped on the heel or side of your boot shell. If you’d rather not think about any of this, add binding mounting to your order and your skis arrive ready to ski.
The EVO Advantage
Available on the Core 12 EVO, Core FR 15 EVO, Pin Up 8 EVO and Pin Up 10 EVO, the EVO brake system makes the switch from climb mode to ski mode one‑handed. Drop your heel, flip your brake, go. No fumbling, no kneeling in the snow, no breaking rhythm. It’s a small thing that adds up over a day of laps, and it’s the kind of detail that separates a good binding from a great one.
Bindings are technical
Specs, templates, spare parts and the questions we get asked most, all in one place.
All 14 bindings side by side
Weight, release range, brake widths, climbing heights and crampon compatibility in one table.
Open the comparison MountingTemplates and manuals
Drilling templates, user guides and installation instructions for every binding we sell, current and discontinued.
Find your model SparesParts and replacements
Toe and heel pieces, brakes, crampons, spacers, screws and U‑springs for the full lineup.
Browse parts AnswersBinding FAQs
The questions we get asked most, answered properly rather than briefly.
Read the FAQsOn crampon slots: every tech binding in the lineup has one on the toe piece, except the Ultra World Cup, which takes the SRA adapter separately. It’s the part people order wrong most often, so check before you add ski crampons to the cart.
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Still Not Sure?
Tell us what you ski, what boots you’re in and what you’re trying to do, and we’ll tell you which binding we’d put on your skis. No upsell, and we’d rather talk you into the cheaper one than have you buy twice. Get in touch.