Ski boots by fit
Ski Boots for Wide Feet
High-volume shells from Lange, Tecnica, Nordica and Atomic, fitted to a scan of your foot at 29 Surefoot stores, with a custom liner and orthotic when you want them.
Last is the width of the boot shell across the forefoot, from the knuckle of the big toe to the outside of the little toe. It is the number that decides whether a boot will ever feel right. From about 102 mm up a shell is wide: more room across the forefoot, usually more height over the instep and more space around the ankle. Every boot on this page is 102 mm or wider.
Each brand builds its wide shell differently, and calls it something different. Lange's Shadow HV is 102 mm and keeps the Dual Pivot cuff and Suspension Blade, so a wide foot does not give up a strong flex. The Concept BOA goes wider still at 103 mm, with a dial across the forefoot and a shell you step straight into. Tecnica's Mach1 HV and MachBOA HV share a 103 mm last, and the Cochise HV is a 102 mm hybrid with a walk mode. Atomic's Hawx Magna is 102 mm, with a shell and cuff built to be reshaped with heat. Nordica runs 102 mm in the Sportmachine 3 and the rear-entry HF, and 104 mm in the Cruise, the widest shell we carry.
Width is only the first measurement. A high instep, a full ankle or a low, heavy calf will fight a boot that measures right across the forefoot, and a chart cannot see any of that. Every fitting at Surefoot starts with a 3D scan of both feet, so your fitter chooses the shell from your numbers. From there the boot can go home as it comes, or your fitter can add a custom orthotic that holds your foot in a neutral position and a foam-injected Surefoot liner around it inside the shell. Where the shell still needs to give, we heat and stretch the plastic to make room.
Models we fit this season
Every boot here is a 102 mm or wider shell, live from our catalog and fitted in store. Prices are for the boot as listed. A custom orthotic or Surefoot liner is optional and quoted in store.
- Men's Hawk Magna 130 S
- Men's Mach1 HV 130
- Men's Shadow 130 HV
- Men's Sportmachine 3 130 BOA - Shell Only
- Men's Cochise HV 120
- Men's Cruise 120 - Shell Only
- Men's HF 120
- Men's Mach BOA HV 110 - Shell Only
- Men's Concept 12 BOA - Shell Only
- Men's Hawk Magna 110 S
- Men's Shadow 120 HV - Shell Only
- Men's Sportmachine 3 110 BOA - Shell Only
- Men's Cochise HV 120 - Shell Only
- Men's HF 110
- Women's Sportmachine 3 95 BOA - Shell Only
- Women's Hawk Magna 105 S W
- Women's Mach BOA HV 95
- Women's Shadow 95 HV
- Women's HF 85
- Women's Concept 9.5 BOA - Shell Only
How Surefoot fits a wide foot
Every fitting starts with the scan and the shell. The custom orthotic and liner are there when you want them.
See the full fitting process01
Scan
A 3D scan of both feet gives your fitter length, width, instep and arch in millimeters. It is how we choose between a 102, 103 and 104 mm shell instead of guessing.
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Custom orthotic
Optional at any fitting. Built from your scan in about 30 minutes, it holds your foot in a neutral position in the middle of the shell, which removes some of the variables that make a boot feel too narrow when it is not.
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Custom liner
Also optional. A Surefoot liner is foam-injected around your foot inside the shell, filling the space a stock liner leaves and setting the fit from day one.
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Shell work
When the widest shell still needs to give, your fitter heats the plastic and pushes it out where your foot needs room, over a bunion, the outside of the little toe or a high instep. Bring the boots back to any of our 29 stores if the fit ever changes.
Fitted in store
Book a fitting for a wide foot
Pick a store, pick a time. A fitting with a custom liner and orthotic takes a little over an hour, and the boots go home with you the same day.
Questions
What ski boots are good for wide feet?
Look for a shell 102 mm or wider across the forefoot. The wide boots we fit are the Lange Shadow HV at 102 mm and the Lange Concept BOA at 103 mm, the Tecnica Mach1 HV and MachBOA HV at 103 mm and the Cochise HV at 102 mm, the Atomic Hawx Magna at 102 mm, the Nordica Sportmachine 3 and HF at 102 mm, and the Nordica Cruise at 104 mm. Which one suits you depends on your instep, your ankle and how you ski, not on width alone. A scan settles it before you try anything on.
What last width counts as a wide ski boot?
Last is the internal width of the shell across the forefoot, from the knuckle of the big toe to the outside of the little toe. From 97 to 98 mm a boot is low volume, 99 to 100 mm is medium volume, and 102 to 104 mm is high volume, which is what most people mean by wide. Two things get missed. The number describes the shell, not your foot. And it is quoted for a size 26.5 shell, so the same model runs about 2.5 mm wider for every size you go up.
Can a ski boot be stretched?
Yes. The lower shell is plastic, and a fitter can heat it and push it out where your foot needs room, most often over a bunion, along the outside of the little toe or across a high instep. Several of the shells here are built for it. Atomic calls its version Memory Fit, Tecnica calls its version C.A.S., and Nordica reshapes its shells with infrared heat. Stretching buys a few millimeters in one spot, and it is one way only. It does not turn a low-volume boot into a wide one, which is why we start with the right shell.
Do I need a wide boot or a custom liner?
Start with the shell. It sets the outside limit of the fit, so it has to be wide enough for your foot before anything inside it can help, and for many skiers the right shell is the whole answer. A stock liner is built for an average foot in that size, so it can leave gaps at the ankle and the heel that a wide foot fills unevenly. If your fitting shows that, a Surefoot liner is the option: foam-injected around your foot inside your own shell, so the space is filled where you actually have it and the shell can be left alone.
What about wide calves?
Calf shape is a cuff question, not a last question. A low, heavy calf sits down in the cuff and stops the boot closing, and going up a shell size to get around it leaves the foot swimming. Several of the boots here have a cuff that can be tuned to the shape of the calf, and a fitter can also move the buckle catches or change the power strap. Women's models are built with a lower cuff for the same reason. Your fitter takes the calf into account at the fitting.
Do you sell ski boots online?
No. Ski boots and liners are fitted in store only. The shell has to be chosen on your foot, and a custom liner or orthotic, if you add one, is built the same day. Browse the models here, then book a fitting at any of our 29 stores. If the store does not have the model you want, we will track it down.