Montrail Men's Excelerace XCR

I'm a satisfied user of Montrail shoes beginning with the Montrail GTX hiking shoe and later purchasing Vitesse and two pairs of Hurricane Ridge XCR's. My experience with the Excelerace, touted as a lightweight versatile all purpose shoe, was disappointing.

Unfortunately, when something is designed for multi purpose, i.e., trail running, light backpacking, and hiking it doesn't do any of them very well. From the ugly powder blue color to the cheap rubbery looking uppers, many fellow hikers were surprised to find that these were supposedly high quality Montrails.

Additionally, these were the only Montrails I've ever owned that caused blisters after about 7 miles of hiking. After about 130 miles of wear I sold them for about $40.

Loved the lightness of these shoes and used them on a couple of trips to Glacier National Park. The trails that in that park were definitely not rough, however I developed a tear along one of the seams. Not exactly the most durable shoe I have ever owned.