Scarpa Triolet Pro Gore-Tex® Hiking Boots - Waterproof, Suede (For Men)

This is a great boots for a great price paid 149.99 after all the discounts can't beat Sierra this boot is comfy built solid love the locking lace feature wear these for work every day 10 hours absolutely love them.

Perfect fit out-of-the-box. Wear 10D regular shoes ordered 10D. 1st day hiked 4 miles - extremely comfortable & effective. Stiff sole is excellent for mountaineering, but also hiking. Scarpa & virtually all Italian boots are world class. Highly recommend.

As most Scarpa products that I've owned, these boots are very well made and comfortable. They're a bit stiff, but not uncomfortable for long hikes. Best for steep rocky terrain. Lucky to find my size on sale on STP.

These are the most comfortable boots I ever put on. They run exact size to shoes. They are also very light weight. Can't wait to were them daily this winter.

I initially went with the normal recommendation of buying mountaineering boots half size larger than normal. Didnt go well. My feet slopped around inside the shoe and I knew wearing it on trails would be a disaster. So I ordered my regular size without returning the first one - thinking if it were too tight, I would try the larger one again with thicker hiking socks/insoles or something. Long story short, the second pair seemed to fit perfect. Toe box is roomy as others have noted. Still felt my heel slide a tad compared to my original Asolos that these were replacing. But they seemed to fit much better than the larger boot so I returned the first order (a $6.95 fee for returns - not bad at all.) and took the new pair on a short local hike.

Uphill, the heel (yes, in the smaller boots) started chafing inside the shoe. By the time I got to the top (1.5 miles up), I could sense a welt forming on my right heel from the chafing. Downhill, the heel chafing stopped (I did tighten the lacing but not sure it made a difference). At the very end, my toe crashed into the front of the shoe a couple of times and I ended the hike seriously considering asking STP if could return this pair too.
Fast forward a week, I had the opportunity to hike up Mt Shasta. Without an alternative, I threw these shoes in the trunk with the idea that I would try re-lacing during the drive and see if the shoe felt better or rent a shoe in town. Fast forward a few hours, and I was hiking through the night in these boots with no changes except a careful tightening of the laces, gobs of bodyglide and a short prayer. And they performed AMAZINGLY. The initial part of the hike (this late in the season) was on a dry approach trail - where I zipped through (no these shoes are not too stiff for approaches). The next part up a long steepling snow field with hybrid step-in crampons was quite ok. At points on the really steep parts, I could sense the heel wanting to climb up the shoes but I suspect most shoes would be stretched on 35 degree inclines. Long story short again, after 12.5 hours and a 7300 ft ascent, I stood atop my first fourteener! Downhill, I was similarly apprehensive of my feet sliding forward and kicking the front. But it was just fine. In fact on getting off the snow, I was flying down the trail again.

Overall, I am very happy with the Triolet. After 18 hours, both off and on-snow, with and without crampons, they show nary a sign of wear. And my feet were fine the next day too. These Triolets are here to stay mates!

My current line of thinking is that my feet arches are not as high as the last used to make this shoe - which could explain the slopping around even though the length is right. I am going to try thicker insoles like the Superfeet Green next to see if they improve the fit. Will probably take them into my neighborhood REI for their expert opinion.

STP's Shipping was reasonably quick though it takes them 2 days to actually get the package to the courier. I hope they realize the eagerness with which we await our goodies and ship items faster. The return was painless and automatic. Great company!