I've logged more than 800 trail miles across eight pairs of Altra trail running shoes over the past four years, and I've worn them on everything from wet Appalachian ridges to high-alpine scree in the Rockies. That testing led me straight to the question I keep getting from readers: what really are the best Altra […]

I tested 8 different hydration vests for trail running across the Wasatch foothills and Boulder foothills for over three months. I logged 412 miles with each vest across short recovery runs, 50k training blocks, and one brutally hot ultramarathon in July. What follows is what actually held up versus what only looked good on paper. […]

I've spent the last six months running in the best trail running shoes on muddy singletrack, rocky alpine switchbacks, and wet root ladders across the Pacific Northwest. Our team logged 200+ miles on 8 different models, weighing them on a calibrated scale, timing them on technical descents, and pushing them through creek crossings to see […]

After logging more than 600 trail miles across technical Colorado terrain with three different pairs of wide-width shoes, I can tell you this: finding the best trail running shoes for wide feet is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Standard trail shoes crush toes, bruise nails, and turn every technical descent into a fight […]