User Review: Vasque Montana

Reviewed January 29, 2001 by Brian Villmoare

Rating:
Materials: leather stitch-down
Use: purportedly rough trail, light mountaineering
Break-in Period: 3 days
Weight: not too heavy
Price Paid: ~$250 US

I cannot recommend these boots for any real hiking at all.

I bought a pair of these for an extended trip through Africa and Asia, figuring the stitchdown style would be good if they blew out somewhere remote. After two weeks the soles started to separate from the midsoles on both shoes. They were pretty gutless from the start, actually: very weak midsole for a heavy boot, and the leather was too soft to provide real protection for my feet. They were so soft I couldn't get them tight enough for any real clambering.

They were a major disappointment, but Hudson Trail Outfitters gave me my money back no problem, even though I didn't get them back to the US for a year. In Africa I picked up a pair of Hi-Tec (yeah, I know) McKinleys, which are supposedly made by Garmont and are a great old-style light mountaineering boot. I used them for 7 months with stiff use almost every day and they were as good as new at the end of the trip.

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