Splitboard boot binding system and climbing bar combinations

A splitboard boot binding and ski tour interface system comprising in combination

• a) a boot binding baseplate with toe end and heel end;
• b) a toe pivot cradle with toe pivot axis and toe pivot ears;
• c) a heelblock;
• d) a pivotable climbing wire;
• wherein,
• i) said heelblock and said toe pivot cradle are configured to be affixed to a ski member of a splitboard;
• ii) said baseplate is configured to be pivotably mounted at said toe end to said toe pivot axis on said toe pivot ears;
• iii) said climbing wire is U-shaped, having two legs, wherein said legs are conjoined at a bottom thereof by a base segment and are each pivotably attached at a top thereof to an underside wall of said baseplate;
• and,
• iv) said heelblock comprises a platform surface configured to support said heel end of said baseplate in a neutral position, said platform surface further having a plurality of detents configured to seatedly receive said climbing wire in support of said baseplate at said heel end in a plurality of elevated positions.

A splitboard boot binding and ski tour interface system comprising in combination

• a) a boot binding baseplate with toe end and heel end;
• b) a toe pivot cradle with toe pivot axis and toe pivot ears;
• c) a pivotable climbing wire having a deployed position and an undeployed position;
• d) a detachably attachable crampon with top surface comprising one or a plurality of detents;
• wherein
• i) said toe pivot cradle is configured to be affixed to a ski member of a splitboard;
• ii) said boot binding baseplate is configured to be pivotably mounted on said toe pivot axis of said toe pivot cradle;
• iii) said climbing wire is U-shaped, having two legs, wherein said legs are conjoined at a bottom thereof by a base segment and are each pivotably attached at a top thereof to an underside wall of said baseplate;
• and,
• iv) said toe pivot cradle comprises a hinge claw bracket for receiving said detachably attachable crampon such that said hinge claw bracket is configured to enable said crampon to pivot;
• and,
• v) further wherein said one or a plurality of detents are configured to seatedly receive said climbing wire in support of said baseplate at said heel end in one or a plurality of elevated positions on said crampon.

A splitboard boot binding system with ski tour mode interface and ride mode interface, the ski tour mode interface having a pair of toe pivot cradles, the ride mode interface having a pair of pucks for each foot of a rider, which comprises in combination:

• a) a boot binding baseplate with toe end, heel end, foot support surface, and underside surface with underside wall, wherein said toe end of said boot binding baseplate is configured to be hingedly received in a toe pivot cradle in ski tour mode;
• b) a single climbing wire pivotably affixed at a pivot mounting position on said underside wall of said boot binding baseplate;
• c) a heelblock having a platform surface configured to receive said underside surface of said baseplate in a neutral position thereon;
• and,
• further wherein said platform surface comprises a plurality of detents thereon;
• such that said detents are each configured to seatably receive said single climbing wire when pivotedly deployed in support of said baseplate in a plurality of elevated positions.