Best Outdoor Gear for 2014 Fall/Winter Selected by Backpacker Magazine (Shoes Edition)

This time, the third edition of the Editor's Choice Awards selected by Backpacker magazine, which has been featured since the end of last year, is the "Shoes."

More than ever, we are selling award-winning titles in Japan (sweat... well, don't worry about it, let's go!

*Please see below for categories other than shoes.

• Best Outdoor Gear for 2014 Fall/Winter Selected by Backpacker magazine (Sack Edition)
• Best Outdoor Gear for 2014 Fall/Winter Selected by Backpacker Magazine (Cloth Edition)

Winter shoes for 2014 Fall/Winter 2014 Selected by Backpacker magazine

Editors' Choice: Hanwag Omega GTX

 

This year's Hanwag Omega GTX won the Editor's Choice in the Shoes category. The main reason why leather alpine boots, which are not seen as new at first glance, were awarded is largely due to their unique mechanism that allows for foot shapes that fit anyone with each individual.

The HEEL-FIX system installed on the removable tongue and heel allows for freely adjusting the shape of the foot

(From Takada Trade website)

This is said to have made it possible to achieve Blister-Free (without knowing "peas"). For many years, I have thought that mountaineering boots are more of a shape than a function, and that is, custom-made shoes are the best, but now that we are finally in that era.

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All-around winter shoes from snowshoes and hiking: Lowa Renegade Ice GTX

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Multifunctional and lightweight: Salewa Snow Trainer Insulated GTX

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Perfect for trail running: New Balance 99v1 Gore-Tex

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THE robust: Mammut Nordwand High GTX

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