La Sportiva TX4 Evo
Approach shoe, sticky climbing rubber toe
4.6 on Amazon (3 ratings)
Sticks to rock in a way no hiking shoe does — the price is a stiff, unforgiving shoe that is miserable on a long flat valley walk.
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Do not buy this if: A standard teahouse trek. You will be carrying a specialist shoe through 80 km of walking that never needed it.
Not every route needs it. These are the ones where our guides would put it on your list.
Everything else we recommend in trail shoes, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.
Best overallMerrell Moab 3 (low)
Wide enough for feet that swell over a fortnight and comfortable from day one — the sole is soft, so it is the wrong shoe the moment you carry your own heavy pack.
Best for long daysHoka Speedgoat 6
The stack height saves your knees on the endless stone staircases; it also puts you further from the ground, which some people never stop disliking.
