Best Big Mountain Touring Binding

ATK Raider 13 Evo - Review 2025

By: Derek Doyle & Annie Gunton - Updated: April 2025

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Derek Doyle

Contributor at SlopeMagazine.com

Hailing from Aspen, Colorado, Derek began his skiing career in the illustrious Powder Pandas ski school program, eventually sort of growing up to ski professionally in slopestyle and big air, while moonlighting as a ski tuner and writer.

Now living in Colorado’s front range, Derek can be found among the i70 crowd racing to find hidden powder stashes on the back bowls of Vail, on Park Lane in Breckenridge, under the lights on Keystone, and returning home to the High Alpine steeps in Snowmass. When he's not skiing he’s wishing he was, or nerding out on mountain biking, climbing, and golf.

Annie Gunton

Editor at SlopeMagazine.com

Annie has lived on 4 continents and traveled through 6. Spending her time in places as different as London and the Kalahari she has adapted how she gets out and enjoys what’s around.

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Where to buy ATK Raider 13 Evo:

Amazon

Backcountry

Evo

For our money, ATK is the new gold standard in alpine touring pin bindings and their Raider 13 Evo is one of the best on the market. With a full-metal design, ultra-lightweight build, and full adjustability from touring more to skiing mode, these are an alpine touring adventurer’s dream. They’ve also redesigned the toe piece from previous bindings for easier step-in and have new heel features and an Automatic Braking System, activated by turning the heel.

ATK has also kept its mountain-tested Cam Release System pins in the heel for added safety in the event of a crash. The magnetic risers in the heel offer quick and easy adjustment, and we love that the toe piece still features a DIN adjuster that’s noticeably missing from other touring bindings.

These bindings are ideal for hunting down backcountry powder with anti-snowpack toe platform and easy step-in. They also feature ATK’s U.H.V. System (Up-hill Hardness Variator) that locks in with a firmness based on a user’s weight and magnetic heel flaps to use in tour mode. In ski mode, they offer an Elastic Response System that adjusts the heel piece based on the flex of your skis. Truly groundbreaking stuff for the alpine touring world.