Roya H

The absolute best mountain shoe I have ever owned. I use these primarily as my scrambling and peakbagging shoe. Although I find them to be too heavy for fast running specifically- I think they are perfect for traverses, technical summits/descents, anything where the primary focus is moving confidently thru technical and steep terrain but where racing isn't the goal. Only downsides I can think of are 1. runs small, I went up 1 whole size from my US shoe size. 2. There is a weak point in the shoe- if you catc...

I love these shoes and I highly recommend them- that's the bottom line. However, as someone who is on their third pair of the year I do have some thoughts. First, some positives: if you need a springy fast shoe that can handle any mountainous terrain- this is THE shoe. Found them to be great as my everyday trainer (initially) as well as my race day superhero. Now some of the cons. Sizing these correctly took some major effort. I wear a US 8.5 typically and wear the Akasha 2 in a 39.5. I enjoy a wider toe bo...