>>968159Used to use and love Cascadias, but they narrowed up in the 10th and 11th editions. The 12s have returned to a wider last, but I've switched to Altra Lone Peaks and may not switch back. Pic related.
Altra's whole brand is zero-drop and wide toebox, which works perfectly for me. The only thing I'd change is that there's not much of a rock plate, but where I live, it's not so important, as the trails I run aren't too rocky. May try out the Altra Olympus, as that has more cushion and a stiffer vibram outsole. They just released the King MT, but that just seems like overkill for my area.
I work at a running store, so I'm able to talk to our tech reps about their brands' respective trail shoes, but it's hard to carry many trail shoes in St. Louis. We mostly carry the Cascadia, and we brought in the Lone Peaks lately to cater to the zero-drop crowd. If you're going to use a trail shoe, you could do a lot worse than the Cascadia, though. Accessible and familiar, yet fairly robust.
