It all depends on what you want to do. Most people uphilling inbounds, are going more for ‘fitness skinning‘.
I can’t imagine many people uphilling inbounds on a powder day, so most likely your descent will be on a groomer too.
Since you will be skiing up and down a (easy) groomer, most any ski will work, so typically people pick something narrow, cheap and light, and same for boots and bindings.
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Dynafit has a line of gear specifically for this, Speedfit. The boots for example,
https://www.dynafit.com/en-us/tlt-s...701?number=08-0000061701_0000000002&c=1516550 , are less expensive than their other boots, and still quite lightweight. However, according to reviews, they ski poorly, even compared to other boots in that weight class.
Now if the inbounds uphilling is only a skill builder for backcountry outings, then you should get the boot, ski, skins and bindings that suit your preferred terrain and outing style for that. And sign up for an
AIARE1 course.
In that case, you need to figure out what you want to do.
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