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Review: ATK Haute Route 10 Plus Binding

Modest weight, plenty of features, and meets the high-end durability test.

By

Gavin Hess

Clean, sleek, and very much an ATK gem: the Haute Route 10 Plus binding.

Clean, sleek, and very much an ATK gem: the Haute Route 10 Plus binding.

The new ATK Haute Route is probably the best binding for most people on the market today. I know we have ATK in the website footer now, but we’re still the same grounded folks looking for premium hard goods that function well and are durable. (Read the first look here.) There are a lot of…

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  1. tzed

    I’ll be interested to see how well the toes work with heavy/wet snow.
    I have had significant issues with the old atk toes found in the crest or race bindings.
    I tried a pair of revolution race toes hoping that would help but found they still packed up and refroze in certain conditions.
    I have moved most of my bindings to Trab because of the toes.
    Also, I was a little dissapointed atk changed their screw pattern, apparently on all non race bindings? I like to swap bindings around on my skis when I find something better but the new pattern means I won’t be redrilling my skis to try these new toes out.

    1. Gavin Hess

      Perhaps a consequence of the skis I have these mounted on, but I haven’t struggled with snow buildup in any contexts thus far. Broadly, it seems the benefit of the atk (or trab) style toes is that snow/ice cant pack in to hard to access/clear spots like it can on traditional tech toes, and therefore is easy to clear.

      Changing the mount pattern is definitely a nuisance, but as folks push little bindings into service on bigger skis, I see some benefit in the reduced torque offered by some wider mount screws. On the plus side, the hole spacing is pretty reasonable for remounting using the new rear holes and reusing the old front holes – its nice to see that advanced planning. The rear holes match the current freeraider rear holes as well.

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