With the exception of ice, snow, and glacier travel, I don’t see many people wearing footwear that has ankle protection. Most people I see in the mountains in summer conditions are wearing trail running shoes or low-top hiking shoes. High-top footwear actually reduces ankle mobility, which is important for moving fast, and over time will weaken the ankle (because the ankle is not exercised). The exception to this is if one is carrying a heavy load, such as when backpacking, then sturdier footwear may be called for, but that is regardless of the terrain.
Outside of some dress shoes (shoes worn for formal occasions), what shoes have plastic soles? Some shoes and boots do have stickier rubber soles than others. The extreme end of this is the shoes worn for rock climbing. Approach shoes also have rubber that is sticky, as do some trail running shoes. That rubber tends to be a little less sticky so it will not wear as fast.
Pretty much most of them. Shoes with Vibram soles are ~€100 more expensive than a comparable shoe without Vibram soles. In the shops around, I see such soles only on the high-end shoes.
I’d also add that this is the first thing they tell you at a via ferrata course offered by the alpine club around here.
Absolutely! I have personally been over many miles of terrain like shown in both examples with low-top trail running shoes, and I have seen many others.
Above is me on the Knife Edge of Capitol Peak wearing my La Sportiva Ultra Raptor trail runners. My hiking/climbing partner wore something similar, as did all those we encountered that day. The Ultra Raptors have somewhat sticky rubber and a sole softer than most boots, as such they provide excellent grip on the small irregularities in the rock.
Above is what these shoes look like, although most major brands offer something similar (and La Sportiva offers many other low-top models that would be suitable for this terrain)
I got burnt already for posting pictures of shoes. But this reminds me of a pair of shoes that had rubber soles, I could walk down upright 45° bare rock, so good the grip. They were not even sports-shoes, just average low shoes for summer.
That said, when out for a scree-ride, i prefer high ankle support. The boots last longer and less little rocks inside
That is your prerogative. Some people do prefer high ankle support. However, we shouldn’t say that a certain type of terrain requires footwear with ankle support because there are a lot of people that travel over such terrain with low-top shoes.
It could be 9 ways in 3 locations. Also, Taginfo only updates once a day, but Overpass updates minutely, so it could actually be more than 9 ways in 3 locations.
Is this =strolling or =hiking? Two or more people can easily walk next to each other but there are rocks and ruts, so you need to watch a bit where you’re stepping.
I also have problems distinguishing between T0 and T1, because T1 is already so easy. I added a strolling in Austria, although I almost never enter sac_scale under T2, but let’s see if there is a demand for T0.
And why is this scrolling? Its not really comfortable walking with crutches or flipflops here?
And why this? You can’t walk side by side and there is an incline.
Well, I used it for the original gallery using strolling. But upon further reflection, it looks more like hiking.
I think the grass is about 10 cm, I would not call it even a minor obstacle. The specification doe not say that it needs to be comfortable with crutches (is anything comfortable with them? I never used them).
as for the first one here:
Personally I would more apply strolling. Probably terrain for strolling should be described “level or slight incline” or possibly “level or very slight incline”. Taken ad absurdum, almost nothing would qualify as strolling as you very rarely find a path that is perfectly level.
The second one probby hiking because it seems it will get steeper later.
As has been always the case, SAC is fluid around the edges.
When I posted the picture, there was no value “strolling” to sac_scale. So back then it was hiking.
This picture also features in the “More pictures” section on the Wiki. I deliberately did not mention a sac_scale value there. This section was created to illustrate the terms of the specification only and leaving grading up to the person doing the Exegesis thereof.
@Road_Runner please read the specification in the current version and if you come to clear terms, enlighten me
Spoiler alert: Exposed areas well secured. I think the picture shows that. Does it feature in strolling?
