User Review: Scarpa SL Attack

Reviewed October 9, 1997 by an anonymous hiker

Rating: rated 5 of 5 stars
Materials: all-leather
Use: rough trail w/ heavy pack
Break-in Period: 50-100 miles
Weight: 3 lbs 8 oz (?)
Price Paid: $180 (at EMS, 1994)

I've owned and loved a pair of Scarpas for three years. I can't remember the model, but they look like the SL in current catalogs. The sole has 'Attack' molded in it and the weight matches that listed for the SL. I originally purchased these for an Appalachian Trail thru-hike. They fit my size 12, medium feet wonderfully, with relatively little break-in for an all-leather mid-weight boot. At the end of my 2000+ mile hike, the rand at the front edge of one sole had started to delaminate a little bit, but not enough to allow it to flop around. With regular treatment, the boots remained remarkably water resistant.

Of the relatively few boots I saw making it through the entire AT hike, mine were the lightest, a testimony to Scarpa's workmanship. I continued to use them for occasional, much shorter backpacking trips and around town. Last fall I thought it was time to retire them as backpacking boots and began using them for caving, which can really beat the hell out of boots. Then a big three week Rockies trip came up, and I was forced to return my Scarpas to trail duty with the help of a little Shoe Goo. Again to their credit, they held up during the trip and withstood water better than the newer Vasques on my partners' feet.

They've defintely reached the end of the road structurally now, with dangerously little tread left and holes starting to break through the sole to the leather. Since I'm starting to get into light mountaineering, my next boots will be Norwegian stitched, either Scarpas or Limmers. But I heartily recommend these mid-weight Scarpas for anything from dayhiking to rough trail use, both for their comfort and their durability.

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