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Posted by Bill S on April 21, 2008 at 11:43:49 am EDT
In reply to Gaiters posted by scarletfire on April 15, 2008 at 6:58:16 pm EDT

I often use low-top gaiters even with my trail-running shoes to minimize the dust getting into the shoes and my socks, as well as keeping sand, gravel, and other debris out, summer and winter. The high-top gaiters are used more for snow conditions, as well as for backcountry skiing and climbing where crampons are needed (to protect pants and legs from getting cut up by sharpened ski edges). It is sometimes surprising how much dust, sand, gravel get kicked up, not only with low top trail running shoes, but even with regular hiking boots. And if I go off trail on scree slopes, the gaiters become a necessity. Some "trails" involve a lot of loose stuff (like the trails up Mt St Helens and other volcanic peaks, or areas formed by volcanic or glacial action, like the Sangre de Cristos or much of the Cascades, or even a lot of parts of RMNP)

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