Hiking boots, anyone?

[yellow]

I'm a big fan of trail shoes (not full on boots) for day hiking. I have some Vasque shoes right now that I love, but have also had good luck with the North Face shoes. Lighter than boots, and for me typically more comfy all around. Seems like I gravitate to my trail runners a lot too. I was worried about my floppy ankles at first but now believe that wearing shoes when I hike is better for them (but then I also think that trail running has made them dramatically stonger...I haven't turned an ankle in a very long time where I used to do it all the time in the past. Coincidence? Maybe. But I think my feet and ankles are just stronger. But I digress...)

[surgtech1956]

LL Bean

[Kimmyt]

Hmm yeah like the other ladies said, it depends on your foot and what you're going to be doing. Personally, mostly I hike in sandals especially if it's toasty out. For some reason, my feet hate the idea of socks in the summer, and high boots no way! But if you will be carrying heavier packs or backpacking, the ankle support on a regular boot is helpful.

If you're doing lighter things, you can look at some trail running shoes or the lightweight hikers places carry now, or you can check out (my fav) chacos or (The Boy's fav) keens.

i LOVE hiking in sandals and haven't had problems even in rougher terrain like hiking through the desert with packs up to 30 lbs on (granted these are only hikes lasting 1-2 hours, no longer).

[Jolt]

Oh, boy--now I've really got the itch to go hiking (well, actually I was getting it anyway but this discussion made it way worse)! The hard part is finding anyone to go with when there's not an AMC trip happening.