Salomon
2 guides tagged Salomon
Buyer's Guide
The Best Trail Running Shoes for Hiking (2026)
The quiet revolution in hiking footwear is that the fastest hikers stopped wearing boots. Trail running shoes are lighter, dry faster, and need zero break-in, which is why they now dominate the long trails. We ranked the four we would actually hike in: the max-cushion HOKA Speedgoat 6, the thru-hiker-default Altra Lone Peak 9, the mud-eating Salomon Speedcross 6, and the do-everything Brooks Cascadia 18.
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Buyer's Guide
The Best Hiking Boots (2026)
A hiking boot has one job that matters: keeping your feet happy enough, mile after mile, that you forget about them. We ranked the five boots we would actually lace up, from the Merrell Moab 3 that most of America hikes in to the German-built Lowa that outlasts everything else, judged on comfort out of the box, grip, support, and how they behave when the trail stops being polite.
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