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Are You a Skier?

If you're doing the West Butras, you really should be on skis. If you go with a guided group, they had too many people who couldn't ski well and ended up getting rescued. They've made it so that the guided groups have to use snowshoes. With these modern boot liners, they're every bit as warm as a double boot in my experience. So I think it can be done. That would be my recommendation is just take your normal ski boots.

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