Trail Glove 6

Im looking for an alternative to altra mt king 2, stack between 1-2 cm but not 5 cm stack? the merrell trail is to narrow for me but other than that pretty perfect with a firm and rather low stack.

Topo Pursuit has replaced Lone Peak for me. I felt Altra's quality has drastically declined and Topo is a good alternative. I am mostly a Merrell Trail Glove person these days, Pursuit is the one trail shoe I own that's not barefoot style.

I did "One Shoe(s)" for a while, but don't anymore. Merrell Trail Gloves in black are my primary travel shoes. If you're not a minimalist shoe fan (you should be, but that's a different cult and sub 😄), pick something from your list, I'd reco you aim at black for dressing up (a bit...they will never be super dressy). HOWEVER - after the one time my Merrells got wet, didn't dry, and went full funk, smell-able from the next country over, I was convinced to always travel with some ultralight and packable backups just in case. Cheap "sock shoes" from Amazon (go with black) are my current go-tos for that. They double as airplane slippers and pack super small and light. Something like the pic, or find some that work better for your feet. I've also carried ultra-light water socks at times as my backup pair. Being adapted to minimalist shoes means I can actually do a lot of walking around town in these types of things if the need arises, but even if that's not you, you can certainly get to/from the airport or store or whatever you need to do that day - without blowing out the entire planetary neighborhood with mutant shoe funk in your main pair (which are now wrapped in double plastic bags in your one bag until you can wash them in a "sanitize" cycle a few times). See the pic for an example, but search for "water shoe", "water sock", "sock shoes", etc. Buy 4-5 cheap pairs, see which ones work best for your feet, pack the best compromise of small+light+happy feet. https://preview.redd.it/qhcojee6fx5h1.png?width=466&format=png&auto=webp&s=7775fad8d14a67c377316104ba6e0bf0dea228cd

I’ve always been a fast hiker but I could never make the trail gloves work because of the impact. Well now I’m 57 and having heart issues so I need to learn to slow down. I found that my old trail gloves are now the perfect shoe. I focus on gliding at 80% and they feel like dance shoes.

I get way more trail feel out of my wrapts than my trail gloves. I had to go to a bit more support than my vffs and vgs and the wrapt fit that middle ground for me. Down side is I have the leather ones right now. I dislike trail gloves and altras because I get no road feel in them