Randonee bindings with hard skiing ? and on seths ?

Question

HEYY its me again and i think i will go with the seths next year, or the kung fujas since there basically what seths used to be.

I was wondering if fritachi (watevr its called) freeride randonee bindings can take hard skiing? both on powder and in park. the majority of my skiing is backcountry, but i do park every now and then if the snows not good. CAN these take 40 foot gap jumps and 30+ foot cliffs without breaking? (id be at the stevens pass park(that no longer sucks do to upgrades after park pass))

and if they can't can any randonee binding?

AND how is that alpine trecker thing?

LAST of all if you were doing a regular easy groomer would it change skiing it due to the foot being a little higher with alpine boots compared to alpine bindings and alpine boots?

Answer 1

Both the Fritzche and the Marker Randonee bindings are good for the backcountry. I wouldn't put my bets on the Fritzche bindings for use in the park. The Marker's are a bit more beefy and can take a bit more abuse in the park. However, if you are going to spend a lot of time in the park, I would look for a set of conventional bindings as Randonee bindings aren't designed to take the all-day abuse of hard riding off jibs and rails. They can take nice landings in waist deep pow, but lots of landings on hardpack...no. Marker spent a lot of money on marketing this year, don't believe all the hype.