Men's Salomon XR Crossmax Guidance

This is a great shoe, light, comfortable, just a joy to wear . I recently went to be trained as a first responder for CRI (Crisis Response International) @ Big Bear Lake, CA this was the only shoe that I wore thru the whole training. I took a Salomon Hiker, and a Merrel water shoe hybrid. We were trained in several simulations and this shoe handled them all, Flood rescue, earthquake and search and rescue. The shoe was so agile over varying terrain that a trained responder had to get oxygen after we were told to evacuate due to fire as part of the simulation. We were given 4 minutes to get out, my 6 man team that I was leading did in 2.5 @ 20% grade @ 8000ft and 600 ft in brush, bolder, sand, gravel and dirt, I am 56 yrs young and I believe these shoes help us accomplish this as my team was inspired to follow because these shoes gave me a exceptionally stable platform . Who needs a hiker!

I really enjoy running in this shoe. I have never bought a pair of true trail running shoes but this pair has proven to help grip on technical and rocky trail scenarios. A good buy.

GREAT - best they have made so far - light and tight!

The only point I want to make is: don't use this shoe in hot, tropical conditions. It IS waterproof which helped with mud and the occasional water crossing on trails but under the direct heat of the sun, my feet were like in an oven. I sort of knew this coming in but I just really wanted to try this particular model. I haven't tried anything with a Gore-tex lining, a lightweight trail shoe, or anything in between. So I guess those are going to be on my next options. I am keeping this shoe though for colder runs.

Father just moving to Boulder, he needed a good all terrain sneaker. These are better than i could have imagined. He even hiked up a glacier with them. He raves about the great arch support, and traction.