The Voile TTS bindings arrive quietly, which already separates them from a gear world that often mistakes noise for progress. There is no manifesto attached and no promise of reinvention. What Voile presents instead is a binding system that suggests telemark skiing, that stubborn and often inefficient tradition, can move through the mountains with less weight and fewer mechanical compromises.
Telemark equipment has long been inhibited by excess, excess weight, excess hardware, and excess effort on the climb. The TTS Transit appears designed as a corrective. Fully assembled, the binding weighs 525 grams per side, placing it on the lighter end of the telemark spectrum and strikingly close to a fully featured alpine touring binding. The more consequential detail, however, is its modular design. The removable heel assemblies account for more than half of the system’s weight per pair, mass that serves no function during the ascent. With the heel assemblies removed, the touring weight approaches that of a light alpine touring binding at roughly 250 grams per side, a notable shift for telemark gear.
