KEEN’s Latest Shoe Merges Sneaker Style and Trail Performance

Whether you’re all-in on Gorpcore or have adopted a quiet outdoors approach, technical clothing remains in style, and it doesn’t matter how close or far away the mountains may be. Because, trends aside, even in the city, weather happens—and increasingly more unpredictably. For city-based outdoor lovers like ourselves here at FM HQ, it’s the apparel and footwear that functions well in adverse environments and still looks slick in town that we’re after.

Hot on the heels of the popular Jasper Zionic release, KEEN is again speaking our language with the Hightrail, an all-new multi-use hiking shoe that, with some sneaker appeal stitched into its design, aims to find equal footing on sidewalks and summits.

Now, this should come as no surprise—KEEN is the OG functional, hybrid footwear brand. The original Newport is synonymous with both farmers markets and raft guides, and the Targhee has topped review rankings for the best hiking boots since long before Buzzfeed invented the listicle. (KEEN even makes some of the best American-made work boots, too, according to contractors we know.) With the Hightrail, we see this multi-functional DNA reach new, modern territory.

Source: https://www.fieldmag.com/articles/keen-hightrail-sneaker-review