By the end of my second straight day of hiking on Italy’s Ligurian coast, my feet were feeling the uneven ground, and I was thankful for every millimeter of the 38.5 mm heel stack on the Brooks Caldera 8. Brooks…
Brooks has been making the Cascadia since 2004, when it developed the first version with ultrarunner Scott Jurek. Twenty versions later, the Cascadia 20 gets Vibram Megagrip rubber, a first for the standard Cascadia, along with a new DNA FLASH…
The first call I had to make in this test came before I ever reached a trail. HOKA’s product page asks buyers to go up half a size in the Speedgoat 7, while my usual women’s 8.5 had been true…
One of my hiking buddies bought the Saucony Peregrine 16 at the start of the summer and never got a day out of them. They were too big on her, and she was ready to write the money off until…
I know that finding the right pair of hiking boots can be frustrating, especially when ordering them online. It seems that sizes never align, and there’s always a good chance the model you fell in love with simply isn’t cut…
Nike relaunched the Pegasus Trail under its ACG banner in spring 2026, another turn of a series that has long been one of its most popular road-to-trail shoes. This version brought more ReactX foam, a new All Terrain Compound 2.0…
I had been planning to try the Ultra Raptor 3 since it launched at the beginning of this year. Yet here we are in August, and I am only now sitting down to write the La Sportiva Ultra Raptor 3…
The Teva Hurricane XLT3 arrived in 2025 as the successor to a longtime favorite, and it had plenty to live up to. For years, the Teva Hurricane XLT2 had been the affordable, nimble water sandal people bought without a second…
HOKA released the Challenger 8 in autumn 2025, another turn of a series that has long been one of its most popular door-to-trail shoes. This version brought more cushion and a roomier forefoot, raised the drop from the 7, and…
