2025-2026 Tyrolia Attack Hybrid 14 MN/PT
Release Value Range: 4-14
Available Brake Widths: 95, 110, 130 mm
Available Crampon Widths: 90, 105, 120 mm
Climbing Aid Heights: 0° & 9°
Lateral Elastic Travel (downhill toe piece): 30 mm
Vertical Elastic Travel (heel): 16 mm
Stack Height (downhill mode): 28 mm (toe); 32 mm (heel)
BSL Adjustment: 24 mm
Blister’s Measured Weights (per binding / per ski):
- Downhill (Alpine) Toe Piece: 374 g
- Uphill (Tech) Toe Piece: 122 g
- Toe Plate + Heel Plate + Heel Piece + 110 mm Brake Unit: 761 g
- Total Weight On Ski While Skinning: 883 g
- Total Weight On Ski While Descending: 1135 g
- Total System Weight: 1257 g
- Protective Case for Carrying Toe Pieces (Optional): 163 g
Boot Compatibility: MN for downhill (Alpine ISO 5355, GripWalk, & Touring ISO 9523); requires tech toe inserts for uphill travel
MSRP: TBA
Intro
Tyrolia recently announced their Attack Hybrid touring binding platform, which uses removable sliding toe pieces to allow you to ski down in an alpine binding after skinning up using a tech toe, and we discussed the highlights of the announcement in our initial writeup.
Now that we have two pairs of these bindings in for long-term testing, we’re adding some more info about them, including our measured specs and detailed photos.
Tyrolia hasn’t yet stated when the binding will be available for sale, nor its MSRP. However, if it follows the same trend as the majority of “2025-2026” products that are announced this time of year, it will be available for sale at the typical time for ski gear (late-summer / early-fall 2025 for the Northern Hemisphere).
We’ve already started getting these bindings on snow, so stay tuned for more info, including a Flash Review during or after Blister Summit 2025.
Tyrolia Attack Hybrid Options & Overview
Tyrolia will offer two variants of the Attack Hybrid, the Attack Hybrid 11 and Attack Hybrid 14. The former has a release value range of 3-11, while the latter’s is 4-14.
They feature nearly identical “uphill” and “downhill” toe pieces (aside from different springs on the latter). Out back, the Attack Hybrid 11 uses a heel design akin to the Attack LYT 11’s “SX FR” heel piece; the Attack Hybrid 14’s heel mirrors the Attack 14 MN’s “NX FR” heel piece.
Design: Downhill Toe Pieces
Both variants of the Attack Hybrid utilize Tyrolia’s “FR PRO3” toe design, the same one used on the non-LYT Attack alpine bindings. It features an adjustable AFD that allows it to work with boot soles that fit the Alpine, GripWalk, and Touring norms.
It slides onto the mounting rail much like the demo / rental version of the Attack bindings, but instead of having multiple locking points along the plate to accommodate different boot sole lengths, the Hybrid version locks into a single spot close to the aft side of the mounting plate.
Tyrolia says that the Attack Hybrid bindings utilize a lighter construction than the non-Hybrid Attacks, including “30% carbon instead of glass fibers,” and the Hybrid versions are reportedly made with “more than 50% renewable plastics.”
Design: Uphill Toe Pieces
The Attack Hybrid’s uphill / touring toe pieces are essentially slight variations of Tyrolia’s full-pin binding, the Almonte.
This design is pretty straightforward if you’re accustomed to touring bindings with pin / tech toes. You depress the lever to open the jaws, push down with the tip of your boot to close the wings with the pins in your boots’ tech fittings, and then pull the lever up to lock the jaws while skinning. It also includes crampon slots that appear to utilize the standard Dynafit-style attachment system (Tyrolia will offer ski crampons in 90, 105, and 120 mm widths).
Same as the downhill toe, the uphill toe slides onto the mounting plate via a quick-release lever, but the uphill toe locks into place farther forward on the ski, allowing the heel of the boot to clear the heel piece while skinning.
Tyrolia also says that the Attack Hybrid can be skied using the uphill toe in the case of an emergency (the most obvious case being that you forget / lose the downhill toes). To accomplish this, you’d slide the uphill toe farther back on the mounting plate, allowing you to step into the heel piece.
To be clear: I would not encourage anyone to plan on skiing this binding in the emergency configuration, nor does Tyrolia. The uphill toe piece does not offer the same elasticity or certified release characteristics of the downhill toe. But it’s a nice touch that could at least help you get down the hill more easily if you can’t find / use the downhill toe pieces.
Design: Heel Pieces
Unlike the toes, the Attack Hybrid’s heel pieces always stay on the ski. As noted above, they’re very similar to the regular Attack heel pieces, but the Hybrid’s heel pieces include lockable brakes and a single heel riser.
To lock the brakes for uphill mode, you raise the metal tab on either side of the heel and step down on the brake pad.
The Attack Hybrid offers a flat skinning mode, or you can raise its climbing riser for a reported 9° of heel lift.
You can actually remove the heel piece using its own quick-release tab, but Tyrolia doesn’t mention or encourage this. The most obvious downsides I see would be (1) your boot would sit below flat (i.e., at an upward angle) since the brake unit would be removed with the heel piece, and (2) you’d no longer have the option to use the climbing riser. If you remove the heel for uphill travel, you’d also (3) have to make sure you return it to the exact spot for your BSL, since the heel’s position determines whether you have the correct forward pressure settings; the heel doesn’t have a predetermined stopping point like the toe plate (the heel plate has multiple stops to accommodate a range of BSLs). If the heel isn’t set in the exact right spot for your BSL, it won’t offer the correct release characteristics, and that could cause serious safety issues. Given all that, we wouldn’t encourage people to remove the heel in the field, nor does Tyrolia.
Weight & Comparisons
The Attack Hybrid is one of the heavier touring bindings on the market, but it’s a bit lighter than the other bindings that feature similar designs (e.g., CAST Freetour, Marker Duke PT).
In its uphill configuration, our Attack Hybrid 14 weighs 883 grams per ski (this includes the weight of its uphill toe piece, toe mounting plate, and the heel piece).
In its downhill configuration, our Attack Hybrid 14 weighs 1135 grams per ski (downhill toe piece, mounting plate, and heel piece).
The total weight of the system for our pair is about 1257 grams per ski / 2514 grams total. That weight excludes the optional carrying case included with the Attack Hybrid, which you can use to carry the toe pieces you’re not using; that case weighs about 165 grams.
For reference, below are our measured weights (per individual binding) for a number of downhill-oriented touring bindings we’ve tested.
595 g | Plum Karibou 12 Stopper
626 g | Dynafit Rotation 10
630 g | Fritschi Tecton 13 (stated weight)
639 g | G3 ION 12
670 g | Marker Kingpin M-Werks 13
775 g | Marker Kingpin 13
883 g | Tyrolia Attack Hybrid 14 MN/PT | Uphill Mode
902 g | AlpenFlow Design AlpenFlow 89 Demo
926 g | Salomon / Atomic / Armada Shift2 13
1016 g | CAST Freetour 2.0 Pivot 15 | Uphill Mode
1074 g | Marker Duke PT 16 | Uphill Mode
1257 g | Tyrolia Attack Hybrid 14 MN/PT | Total System
1383 g | Marker Duke PT 16 | Total System
1428 g | CAST Freetour 2.0 Pivot 15 | Total System
Some Questions / Things We’re Curious About
(1) We’ve spent a ton of time skiing in the demo version of Tyrolia’s Attack alpine bindings and have generally been very happy with their overall downhill performance and release characteristics. The Attack Hybrid looks very similar on paper, but is there any discernable difference on snow?
(2) How well does the Attack Hybrid’s quick-release system work during transitions, especially when it comes to snow and ice buildup?
(3) What are the primary factors that people should focus on if they’re debating between the Attack Hybrid and the other various “hybrid” bindings on the market?
Bottom Line (For Now)
While some “hybrid” bindings feature very complex designs, the Tyrolia Attack Hybrid seems pretty straightforward. They took elements of their existing demo bindings’ adjustment system, paired them with their existing Attack and Almonte toe pieces, and combined them into a system that allows you to skin uphill in a tech toe and ski downhill in what is, essentially, a standard Attack binding.
We’ve already spent a few days with the Attack Hybrid 14 in the resort, and it’s performed just like the regular Attack MN 14. We look forward to further testing in the backcountry to see how it stacks up against the other options in this increasingly competitive category.
Any idea if this uses the same mount pattern as the Attack Demo bindings, but instead of mounting at a fixed BSL of 315mm one would mount at their specific boots bsl?
I can confirm: No, it’s not the same, it has a completely different toe rail, a shorter heel rail and a different drilling pattern that has to be matched to the boot. It is only visually similar to the Attack Demo.
Ok, is it a completely new mount pattern? I get the drill pattern would need to be boot bsl specific hence why I mentioned it but it typo’d on me. And yes, I can see the toe and heel rails are not the same as a Tyrolia demo but just hoping I wouldn’t have to deal with yet another new drill jig pattern to work with.
Nice thing about Tyrolia bindings is they are very smart (or appear to be) with not introducing a new mount pattern for every single binding they come out with.
Hi PNWCement,
Everything stated above by “Fischer Sports” is correct. And I can add to that.
The Attack Hybrid 14 MN/PT works with our Tyrolia “Tour PT” jig here in Blister HQ, which is a jig designed with different color-coded holes for both Tyrolia’s *standard* Tour PT bindings and *Demo* Tour PT bindings. PNWCement is correct that Tyrolia tends to try to reuse previous hole pattern designs. However, in this case, Tyrolia designed the Hybrid 14 toe to reuse *Demo* Tour PT toe holes, and the Hybrid 14 heel to reuse *standard* Tour PT heel holes. So, there is some mixing going on here with the reusage of toe hole patterns and heel hole patterns.
For more on how all that info maps or doesn’t map to the hole patterns for Attack Demo, standard Attack, and Tour PT bindings, see my comments at https://blisterreview.com/at-binding-reviews/tyrolias-new-attack-hybrid-ski-touring-bindings .
Second piece, still no mention of Teton G and how this was developed by, oh my god I’m gonna say it, that “community”. No mention of when it may be for sale? So just an second ad for something that I don’t know how or when I may be able to buy it? Which I want to do. Huh, not trying too hard Luke.
Hey, Lardo – anybody questioning Luke’s work ethic probably ought to change their name to Estupido, because every regular Blister reader who sees such a comment is going to assume they are.
(I don’t, however, assume you’re stupid, I’ll just assume that you woke up on the wrong side of the bed.)
This is just a First Look, where we publish some initial info, our measured specs, our photos about new gear. Then we go on to get it on snow and say a whole lot more about that gear. This is not an ad, nor are any of our First Looks, reviews, announcement posts, etc. We still do not accept advertising money from the brands we review – never have.
Luke didn’t mention a price or release date because Tyrolia hasn’t yet stated when the binding will be available for sale, nor its MSRP. However, if it follows the same trend as the majority of “2025-2026” products that are announced this time of year, it will be available for sale at the typical time for ski gear (late-summer / early-fall 2025 for the Northern Hemisphere).
And yeah, years ago, when Brian was reviewing for us, he was tinkering with our Tyrolia bindings & came up with a system like this. Props. Super cool. But I haven’t seen Brian claiming that he “developed” this? Maybe someone from Tyrolia saw what he was up to and it inspired them? We don’t currently know. What we do know is that we’re seeing ATK, AlpenFlow, and others create hybrid bindings to add to the growing number of offerings out there, and this is Tyrolia’s.
Just to clear it up in case people are wondering, I had no part in the development of this binding and was not contacted by Tyrolia about their product. That said, it does look similar to what I did, and I wouldn’t be surprised if my original hack inspired this product.
What is the reason that the heel piece is not made removable for uphill travel? That would certainly remove most of the weight.
You can actually remove the heel piece using its own quick-release tab, but Tyrolia doesn’t mention / encourage this. The most obvious downsides I see would be (1) your boot would sit below flat (i.e., at an upward angle) since the brake unit would be removed with the heel piece, and (2) you’d no longer have the option to use the climbing riser. If you remove the heel for uphill travel, you’d also (3) have to make sure you return it to the exact spot for your BSL, since the heel’s position determines whether you have the correct forward pressure settings; the heel doesn’t have a predetermined stopping point like the toe plate (the heel plate has multiple stops to accommodate a range of BSLs). If the heel isn’t set in the exact right spot for your BSL, it won’t offer the correct release characteristics, and that could cause serious safety issues; that’s the biggest potential problem in my view.
Does it comply with ASTM F- 3728 – this is a important safety issue
It would be sweet if the heel could be removed for a super light uphill setup
You can actually remove the heel piece using its own quick-release tab, but Tyrolia doesn’t mention / encourage this. The most obvious downsides I see would be (1) your boot would sit below flat (i.e., at an upward angle) since the brake unit would be removed with the heel piece, and (2) you’d no longer have the option to use the climbing riser. If you remove the heel for uphill travel, you’d also (3) have to make sure you return it to the exact spot for your BSL, since the heel’s position determines whether you have the correct forward pressure settings; the heel doesn’t have a predetermined stopping point like the toe plate (the heel plate has multiple stops to accommodate a range of BSLs). If the heel isn’t set in the exact right spot for your BSL, it won’t offer the correct release characteristics, and that could cause serious safety issues; that’s the biggest potential problem in my view.
Seems odd to make the heel removable if it isn’t optimized for touring… which would kinda be the only.reason to have it removable no? I would think it just creates another potential point of failure.
Luke, where does the new atk hybrid fit in that chart weight wise?
Hi Friskybusiness,
There are very, very strong similarities between the current Attack Demo heel design and the new Hybrid heel. So, I think it’s reasonable to say that the Attack Hybrid 14 “reused” elements of an existing Tyrolia heel design instead of “reinventing the wheel.”
And as for the ATK Hy, we won’t get a pair in our hands until this Sunday at the Blister Summit, but that binding has a stated weight of 675 grams per binding, which is lighter than the Attack Hybrid 14, and is definitely on the lighter end of the sorted list above.
Just find a few spare plates and you can easily swap the binding between different skis..
Would also be fun to find a way to mount a heel raiser separately from the heel piece in order to remove It uphill. This way you would have a super light climbing mode and a super solid downhill mode!
Hi Federico,
I weighed all the parts. If any tinkerers or do-it-yourselfers succeed at such custom modifications, then the sliding heel parts that could potentially be removed for uphill are the 414 g heel piece plus the 227 g brake with riser. That could potentially add up to 641 grams per ski removed for uphill.
Sorry I lost your message, that would make around 250 grams plus the heel raiser, not bad! Would be fun to give it a try of I had a lot of spare time.. altough maybe better use my time to climb mountains..
How the heck am I the first to point this out…
https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php/328242-DIY-Alpine-Downhill-Tech-Toe-uphill-touring-binding/page8
Folks were playing around with this concept six years ago with the Tyrolia demos
You aren’t, see above.
Ah! I’ll see myself out to wipe the egg off my face…
Ha, all good. When life gives you eggs, make burritos. (I think that’s the expression, right?)
The touring binding I would like to see? A lightweight tech binding that slides on a major brand’s demo rails.
Think about it: light (or at lightish) weight Dynafit or g3zed style binding on the up, with both lightweight tech toe but also superior easy to use heel risers, lighter than current hybrid bindings and better for climbing. . . Then fully DH binding on the down.
It wouldn’t be that hard for someone like B&D to make an adaptor plate for this purpose for Dynafit radical speed toes and heels. . .
Can you swap the heelpeace for the protector one?