Hiking sandals give you a number of benefits over hiking boots:
- Freedom — Feeling the air on your feet, and not squishing your toes
- Temperature — No more hot feet
- Water friendly — Great for crossing a stream, in a raft or kayak, or on a standup paddle board
- Cost — Up to 75% less
- Odor — Do I need to explain this one? 😉
Not all hiking sandals are the same. Most are actually not good for your feet. Why? Well start with this:
Your feet are meant to bend, and flex and move, and FEEL the world.
You want a hiking sandal that lets your feet do that — do what’s natural — and don’t weigh a ton.
Check out the Z-Trail, Xero Shoes most popular sandal for hikers and campers. They let your feet do what’s natural and THREE pairs of these weigh less than one pair of traditional sport sandals.
We’ve had many customers wear our sandals — all the different styles — to thru-hike major trails, including the AT, PCT, and Camino.
Even if you don’t wear sandals for hiking, they make a great camp shoe or recovery shoe.
To pick the right hiking sandal, you have 2 decisions to make:
- Sport sandal style vs. thong style (e.g. our Z-Trail and Z-Trek vs. Genesis and Cloud)
- More barefoot feeling vs. more protection (Z-Trek, Genesis, Cloud vs. Z-Trail)
NOTE: don’t confuse the thong style sandals with flip flops. I’ll explain why in the FAQ section further down the page.
Check out our best-selling hiking sandals for men, women and kids. We can’t wait to hear what happens when you get a pair, take them out on your favorite trail and Live Life Feet First!
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