[at-l] Snow & trail runners

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

Kelly Whitman  wrote:
>Can you hike in snow in trail runners?  How does that work?  Do they just 
>get soaked and your little toesies start dropping off?

A LOT of people hike the PCT in trail runners - as do many of those on the 
CDT.  And there's more snow on either of those than you'll run into on the 
AT unless you're doing a winter hike.  And maybe not then.  So it's doable.

Yeah - your feet will get wet.  They'll also get wet if you're wearing 
leather boots.
The trail runners will dry a lot faster.  OTOH - the times I've used them, 
they've eaten my feet so I don't use them much anymore.  Different strokes - 
or maybe just different feet.  <G>

Walk softly,
Jim

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