La Sportiva

Bushido II GTX Mountain Running® Shoe

La Sportiva Bushido II GTX Mountain Running® Shoe

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Sentiment score59% positive
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Last updated: Aug 16, 2026

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Reddit Icongradstudentmit
12 months ago

Altra Lone Peaks for wide fit and rock plate. La Sportiva Bushido II grips wet rock best. Skip waterproof, just get mesh and let them dry. Half size up helps on descents. Gaiters only worth it if trails are super dusty.

Reddit IconIMx03
10 months ago

I mean the LA Sportiva Bushidos are my forever shoes. I got the II, and in 20 years will get the VI

Reddit Iconjmcstar
9 months ago

La Sportiva Bushido 2 (not the 3). Great prices right now. Order 1 full size larger than your normal shoe size. Also, make sure you do the laces lock out. There are videos on that

Reddit IconLess_Cauliflower434
3 months ago

Im looking for a new shoe that straddles the line between approach shoe and trail runner. I find my self doing more and more runs in the alpine over lots of scree and doing scrambling/climbng up to 4a. Most of the time I am running a long section of an approach and then hiking/scrambling to the summit. Currently I'm using my La Sportiva Bushido 2 as my alpine running shoe but I am not as confident as I would like to be on rock, especially once the sole gets wet. I've tried on the Salomon S Lab Alpinway and they seem to be what I am looking for, but I would love to hear from anyone who has used them. I've head really good things about the NNormal shoes and Killian Jornet is clearly able to climb super hard on them, but I'm not quite sure which one fits my use case the best. Thanks for your help : )

Reddit IconMiura27
2 months ago

Hey Folks, sorry to open another new Shoe Thread, but i did my Homework. Currently Running with my Bushido 2 as an allrounder and a Altra MT King 2 as my mud Shoe. I really enjoy my altra, but...ehm...quallity an so on might be an issue. Currently 120km in and i doubt it will strech far beyond 200, or even 300 km. Any recommendations for a alpine-technical-mud-runner? My last run was 25km with 2500km and the "Nagelfluhkette" here in germany, which is roughly 30min from my home. It really should be a good Mud Shoe, since its kind of important to have good grip on some places :D. My Bushido doesn't perform well here. The rubber is inferior, the profile to tight, the lungs to short. Any Tipps? I looked at the inov-8 mud shoe, but after the La Sportiva Red Rubber, i might stick to Vibram. [Pics of the Nagelfluhkette](https://www.google.com/search?num=10&sxsrf=ANbL-n6KphUAc9WgUAs6EFz4PGcv557EVw:1780757732244&udm=2&q=nagelfluhkette#sv=CAMSVhoyKhBlLUh0d1lIYnZEdy1WXzVNMg5IdHdZSGJ2RHctVl81TToORkxEYy1HdmdDelNwbk0gBCocCgZtb3NhaWMSEGUtSHR3WUhidkR3LVZfNU0YADABGAcg0rnqyAxKCBABGAEgASgB) (yes, i'm flexing :D )

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