Flashback - Skiing in Climbing Boots

I was still using 505's and climbing boots a few years ago, before the arrival of lighter weight AT gear.  This photo is from a Williams Peak climb in the Idaho Sawtooths around 2009.  If the conditions aren't too instructional, it works. 

Similar to the 70's Sierra 3-Pin skiers; Allan Bard, Tom Cox, John Moynier. And they went all over the range.

I had  rr rock boots, sivrettas, and  Anas with 1/2 metal edges. A few years back I took them for a ride at Stevens pass. I found myself looking hard at the blue vrs green trail signs. than my Wife Told me to put them away before I had a heart attack, tying to ski . They might be on Jake's ski fence now?

I snowboard in La Sportiva leather climbing boots to this day (my current pair is about - golly- ten years old now) - so this doesn't seem such a stretch.  Quite reasonable considering, and one of the reasons I always liked alpine with my snowboard/climbing boot set up - could transition to crampons at the drop of an icy scottish gulley.

And yes, back in the early 90s I even tried snowboarding in those plastic climbing boots (asolos actually) you have in those funky ski bindings!  Oh yes, the memories!

I did a trip to Denali back in 2003, right when light AT boots were starting to come around-  i opted for using TLT4's for the whole trip while some in the group skinned up in AT boots and carried Koflachs and others opted for Silvrettas and Koflachs for all the climbing and skiing.
   
Due to an out of control German on the fixed lines sliding crampons first into the legs of one of our team members, after our climb we had to carry all of our buddies gear from 14k back down to 7k.  Watching those poor guys try to control a full sled and a 60lb pack through thousands of feet of breakable crust was horrible- it was amazing no one tore apart their knees or ankles.    Skiing in climbing boots has its limits and i think we found those limits on that trip

That picture of you and Gordy is classic IMO!

I snowboard in La Sportiva leather climbing boots to this day (my current pair is about - golly- ten years old now) - so this doesn't seem such a stretch. 

Fill me in? Not sure of the context? as on balancing snowboarding and skiing boots are way different. A softer snowboard boot is pretty standard heck they used to use Sorrel boots which is a about as soft as chewing gum. But using a climbing boot to ski is a whole other story!