Narrow

While almost everyone knows their shoe size by heart, very few know how wide their feet are. When looking for the right shoe, it's not just about the length, but also the width of your foot. We use four categories for our hiking shoes: narrow, regular (or medium), wide and extra wide.

Narrow feet are relatively the least common among men. Men with narrow feet will find that they have extra space on both sides of the shoe. To improve the fit, narrow shoes are a few millimetres narrower than medium-width shoes. Contrary to what you might think, hiking shoes that are too wide can cause similar symptoms as shoes that are too small. Walking shoes that are too big or too wide for your feet can cause problems such as blisters, black toenails and calluses.