Altra
2 guides tagged Altra
Buyer's Guide
The Best Hiking Boots for Wide Feet (2026)
Most hiking-boot misery is not a bad boot. It is a D-width last on an EE-width foot. We ranked the eight boots and shoes that actually ship in wide sizes or are built on genuinely foot-shaped lasts, from a ~$110 Columbia in true women's wide sizing to a ~$200 Oboz, and explain the one sizing spec the shoe wall never tells you about.
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Buyer's Guide
The Best Trail Running Shoes for Hiking (2026)
The best trail running shoe for hiking is the HOKA Speedgoat 6, and the quiet revolution behind that sentence is that the fastest hikers stopped wearing boots. Trail runners are lighter, dry faster, and need zero break-in, which is why they now dominate the long trails. We ranked the six we would actually hike in: the max-cushion Speedgoat, the thru-hiker-default Altra Lone Peak 9, the mud-eating Salomon Speedcross 6, the do-everything Brooks Cascadia 18, the $100 Saucony Peregrine 15, and the technical-terrain La Sportiva Bushido III.
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