[pct-l] Altra Lone Peak trail shoes

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

I have hiked in them. They are pretty nice. Mine are a little too  
small so I can only do short hikes. They are too small because they  
hyped up the foot-shaped last so much I decided to risk not buying a  
couple sizes too large. I don't find the ladies version to be wide  
enough. My feet flow over the edges all the way around. I also can't  
wear them with the insoles that come with them. I'm sure if I got the  
mens version of the Lone Peaks in a size larger I would like them.  
However, there are other running shoes that have wider toeboxes and  
tighter around the mid-foot that fit me better. Right now I'm really  
loving the New Balance 730 mens D width. Fits my EEEE width just fine  
because of the big toebox.

You might want to contact Nancy Huber (Why Not). She hiked the whole  
CDT in them. Her trail journal was this year on postholer.com under  
Continental Divide Trail.

On Dec 12, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: bill <bparnell at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Altra Lone Peak trail shoes
>
> Hi PCT-Ler's,
>
> First post on this list... gearing up for the 2013 PCT (another  
> first for
> me).
>
> Has anybody used the Altra Lone Peak trail shoes?  I've done a little
> research on postholer and read some other reviews, and it's been  
> pretty
> much all positive, which seems too good to be true.  But I did give  
> them a
> quick spin at the shoe store and they seem pretty awesome, just  
> want to
> exercise due diligence.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill