What are the best Aproach/Hiking shoes?

It’s time for me to get new approach/hiking shoes and I need recommendations.

Depends what you need, but the La Sportiva TX line is pretty freaking great. If you need a leather burly one, covered. Need a mesh burly one, covered. Mesh lightweight one, covered. Midtop, covered. 

Guide tennies 

Altra

I have wide feet, and the Scarpa Crux shoes are the most comfortable shoes I've tried in a long time. 

5.10 Camp 4 Mid. Really solid hiker and scrambler, not cut out for 5th class stuff, but very sticky rubber and priced in the 50-60$ range right now.

+1 for Altra lone peaks! Super comfy, amazing fit, mine lasted over 1000 miles on my AT thru hike and I’ve climbed up to 5.9 in them!

Salewa evo fire tail mids are amazing. Not sure if they still make them.

I like the scarpa zen pro.  Very comfortable and durable with a stiffer than average some which I like for hiking off trail on sharp rocks. 

What are the best Aproach/Hiking shoes?

The pair before last. The ones I have now are falling apart, leak, have no grip and give me blisters. The ones before lasted for years, gripped better than my rock boots, were comfortable and kept my feet dry. It´s been like that for 60 years now  

Thanks for your awesome answers. How many of these shoes will work for exstensive hiking?

I love my La Sportiva TX2s.  Lightweight, amazing traction, very well made.  They would be fine for hiking.  There are probably heavier, more durable shoes out there, but in my mind "light is right". Good luck!

I’m also looking for a pair of approach shoes that work well for hiking. Most of the approaches are a few miles with sections of steep loose dirt/rock/mud. I’ve been using mid boots which are great for the loose stuff, but when I actually need to navigate rock I need something with more grip and feel.
It seems like I need something with tread and support, but also sticky thinner rubber in the toe. Any recommendations?

Garmont Dragontails, they should have most possible desired features between their LT, MNT, GTX, N.AIR.G options covered.  Love them for trail and off-trail miles, great scrambling.

Garmont Approach page

Guide Tennies for approach/scrambling/easy 4th/5th.  Camp 4s for hiking/easy scrambling.  C4 rubber all the way for the win!

mountainproject.com/forum/t…

Get Tx2

If you are looking to do a lot of hiking then shoving them in your pack or harness I really recommend trail runners personally. They tend to be lighter, more compressable and hike/run significantly better. I use La Sportiva Bushidos I used to use TX3s but I tended to find the relatively stiff sole would give me blisters on 10+mi days.

Chris W wrote: If you are looking to do a lot of hiking then shoving them in your pack or harness I really recommend trail runners personally. They tend to be lighter, more compressable and hike/run significantly better. I use La Sportiva Bushidos I used to use TX3s but I tended to find the relatively stiff sole would give me blisters on 10+mi days.

I tried lightweight flexible approach shoes and they absolutely destroyed my feet on a long approaches. Most of my approaches involve significant amounts of off trail hiking; generally an hour or more off the trail. 

  Stiffer soled shoes are a must for me.  Although I would love to be able to use a lighter shoe.My feet are much less tired with a stiffer shoe too.

As with all shoes, fit is very important and I think most people getting blisters have selected a shoe that is too large. There must be no slipping of the foot in the shoe.

Bennett G wrote: It’s time for me to get new approach/hiking shoes and I need recommendations.

https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/topics/climbing/best-approach-shoes?specs=n&n=0&sort_field=#compare

Bennett G wrote: It’s time for me to get new approach/hiking shoes and I need recommendations.

I've worn many of the ones listed over the years. At this point I am a La Sportiva approach shoe devotee. I don't like their climbing shoes though. So not a fanboy. ;)
If I had to recommend only one shoe to handle everything. It would be the TX4.

The boulder X would be the economy choice for do it all in good conditions (I love this shoe). And the Tx3 would be the higher end do it all in good conditions. ( I also love this shoe, I have both) 

I will also say that when buying a completely new approach shoe that you haven't used before... you really need to try as many on as you can. If it doesn't fit YOU quite right... everything I said doesn't matter. 

Give the below some serious consideration. 

Tx2: Very light weight, grippy, short approach shoe. mesh top. Not a great deal of support. not water proof

Tx3: Light weight, grippy, approach shoe. mesh top. More supportive than Tx2, less than the next two. not water proof

Boulder X: Sturdy non-mesh, heftier, grippy approach shoe. Supportive. Not water proof.

Tx4: Sturdy, non-mesh, heftier, grippy approach shoe. Supportive. Water Proof.