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Fantastic_Painter_15 t1_jatdbft wrote

I’d recommend you not go to REI. You’ll get a FAR better experience and end result at a smaller, non-corporate shop like Pinnacle in Stowe

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Traditional_Lab_5468 t1_jatzihw wrote

I've heard nothing but good things about Pinnacle but I gotta say I wasn't stoked with my experience there. The people were very kind and seemed very knowledgeable, but I went there and was basically like "I don't know anything at all about how boots should fit" and they said "very snug". I said "to me, very snug is how tight my rock climbing shoes fit. Do you know how tight those are and should they be that tight or like... less tight than that?" and they said yes, my boots should be as tight as climbing shoes.

So anyway, long story short, I have permanent vascular damage in my toes now and can't ski anymore.

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