Every year more and more brands are adding approach shoes to their line. On WeighMyRack we define approach shoes specifically as shoes that have a flat “climbing zone” at the toe area of the sole. This climbing zone allows the the shoe to climb, or edge, onto small holds. If we didn’t have this required feature, we’d need to add nearly every hiking and casual shoe, which would muddy the options. That said, we do still split approach shoes on WeighMyRack into 3 categories based on shoe construction: Running, Casual, and Technical, so you can further dial in your preferences.
You can see all the brands (and manufacturers) who make and sell approach shoes below. You can also compare every approach shoe model and all their features at weighmyrack.com/approachshoe.
All the brands that make approach shoes
listed alphabetically
- AKU
- Andrew
- Arc’teryx
- Armond
- Asolo
- Bestard
- Black Diamond
- Boreal
- Dachstein
- Dolomite
- Evolv
- Fitwell
- Five Ten
- Garmont
- Garsport
- Gronell
- Kayland
- La Sportiva
- Lomer
- Lowa
- Mad Rock
- Mammut
- Millet
- Montbell
- Salewa
- Saltic
- Scarpa
- Terrex
- Tenaya
- Unparallel
- Zamberlan
Did we miss a brand?
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Quick Housekeeping Note
On WeighMyRack, we have an “unfiltered” area where we show shoes that have been filtered out of our main display area. These shoes are either missing price or weight information. If we included them in the main area, it would totally screw up the search results when you filtered on a product. This is where you’ll find some European brands that we have difficulty finding the full retail price, such as Asolo, Armond, and Andrew. And some brands, like Garmont, that don’t seem to make the weight of their shoes readily available.
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