Great hiking and climbing shoe. - Salewa Firetail EVO GTX Hiking Shoe - Mens

I used the Salewa Firetail EVO GTX Hiking shoe for a trip up into the Teton mountain range. 15 miles round trip to the glacial moraine below The Grand Teton via the Garnet Canyon trail from Lupine Meadows Trailhead, this includes 6,000' of elevation gain, and varying temperatures and trail conditions. These held up very well the only change I made was to a difference lace. I prefer a traditional boot lace. I had no blisters. I weigh 250 and was carrying an overloaded 60 lb pack full of climbing and camera equipment walking on dirt trails, dirt/rock trail mix, all loose rock trails, boulder field scrambling, some minor class 3/4 and 5 climbing in these. They stick very well on the wet stuff and everything else. They are comfortable any day and considering the climb very comfy. With this type of climb, conditions, and total climber weight with gear, all shoes will leave you with some pain or discomfort but I was surprised at the rapid recovery. No blisters is a big deal when your in the back country. Rain turning into verglas prevented a summit bid but they would have likely gone to the top without issues via the Owen Spalding Route. Next year another climbing season and I will likely use these or the new version of them. I have about 100 trail miles on them so far and it took only 15-20 to get them just right. Being able to stand in shallow water or snow to cool the feet is nice! It doesn't matter if I have Gortex or not, my feet get hot, so having dry cool feet is a plus.

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