La Sportiva

There will be a lot to see at the upcoming OR Winter Market this month in Salt Lake City. Here’s a few things that caught our eye at GearGuide while preparing for the show.
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We reviewed a lot of great gear this past year. Of all the things we tried and used hiking, camping, running, skiing and fishing, there were some definite standouts. Check out GearGuide’s Best Gear of 2011.
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Sticky, tough wearing, comfortable – and boasting another unconventional La Sportiva lacing system – the Boulder X is an outstanding approach shoe.
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Summer finally arrived in Northern California. Here are three options in light hikers that can get you where you want to go – the Columbia Master of Faster, the La Sportiva CrossLeather and the Vasque Scree Low.

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Is it a trail runner or light hiker or both? The La Sportiva CrossLeather joins the company’s product this year as the more rugged sibling of the wildly popular and multi-award-winning CrossLite. As the name suggests, the CrossLeather replaces the Crosslite’s mesh with leather adding a higher degree of ruggedness to the standout platform.

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Trail running has picked up some legitimate steam in the past few years. Many top-flight shoe companies have entered this cross-over segment. For this test, we stayed with some of the specialist shoe makers – La Sportiva, Montrail and Salomon – that helped pioneer the category.
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