Update on my Alpha Guard Advance size 46 I purchased in the spring. I didn't get too many opportunities to ski on them before the snow melted and then we had a late low-snow fall/winter this year forcing me to do my first two hut trips with snowshoes. Because of this I still haven't done a long mult...

I took the Alfa Guards out for a real spin for the first time last night on my 210cm waxable Madshus Voss (Conditions: +10F, light dusting of fresh cold snow on top of a few-day old base, waxed with Swix Blue Special with a shorter layer of Rex Universal Tar on top). I did about 4 miles of gently ro...

I just received the pair of EU46 Alfa Guard Advance GTX boots that I ordered online from Varuste. As many people have said, Alfa's conversion between US and EU sizes is WILDLY incorrect. Read the fit guide, measure your feet and go by that. I am a US size 11 1/2, and measured my feet at a little ove...