About Hiking Feet

Hiking Feet helps men and women find the best hiking boots, hiking shoes, and trail running shoes for their hikes with.  

  • currated lists of recommended hiking boots and shoes
  • quizzes that provide personalized footwear recommendations
  • brand reviews and recommendations
  • hiking boot and hiking shoe reviews based on first-hand experience 

Hi,

I'm  Jory, 

and I created Hiking Feet in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic closed the hiking and backpacking shop where I had been managing footwear. Unlike other outdoor gear sites, Hiking Feet focuses exclusively on the best hiking boots, hiking shoes, and trail running shoes for hiking—nothing else. It's also unique because my recommendations and reviews are not only backed by my extensive hiking experience—around 14,000 miles the past 12 years—but also my outdoor industry experience, where I'm a "Gearhead" and Copywriter at Backcountry, one of the biggest outdoor specialty retailers in the U.S. My goal is to help you find footwear that fits your hiking feet, your budget, and your hiking style.  

Why Hiking Feet?

My combination of extensive hiking experience and outdoor industry experience sets Hiking Feet apart from other websites that recommend hiking footwear.

Unlike other outdoor gear sites, I do NOT publish sponsored content or promote advertisers' products (Hiking Feet is ad free). Likewise, this site does NOT compile reviews from other sources or rip off content from other high-ranking websites, paraphrase it, and pass it off as my own.

That's because I know my stuff.

My professional reviews and recommendations are based on my

hiking experience

I average well over 1000 miles of hiking per year—approximately 14,000 hiking miles over the past 12 years 

outdoor industry pro

I'm a full-time gear expert and copywriter for Backcountry— a leading outdoor specialty retailer in the U.S.

brand expert

I'm a certified brand expert for most footwear brands— based on extra brand training/ tests for outdoor industry pros  

trained by podiatrist

I was trained in hiking footwear by a licensed podiatrist at a grassroots outdoor gear shop

footwear manager

I'm the former footwear manager at Appalachian Outdoors, a grassroots gear shop in Pennsylvania 

up-to-date training

I regularly attend vendor clinics and trainings to keep up-to-date with their new technologies, boots, and shoes

I can't pass along confidential information or trade secrets from my day job and professional contacts. However, I can pass along up-to-date information, outdoor industry scuttlebutt, and personal recommendations from outdoor industry professionals who have access to the best information and the best gear.

You can trust ad agencies or strangers on the internet— or trust Hiking Feet for recommendations and reviews backed by my extensive hiking experience and outdoor industry expertise.

Conflicts of Interest:

Hiking Feet is 100% independent and run as a side hustle in my spare time to help me make ends meet. All views expressed on this site are my own. They are not influenced by brands and do not reflect the views of Backcountry or any outdoor brands who may hire me as a freelance writer. 

Affiliate Disclosure:

Hiking Feet includes affiliate links to Backcountry, REI, and other outdoor specialty retailers that I recommend. If you click on these links and buy something, I may receive a small commission from these retailers—at no cost to you. These commissions aren't much, but they keep this site afloat (and compensate me for the hundreds of unpaid hours I've spent creating free content to help you buy the best boots and shoes for you.)

If this site hooked you up, please consider hooking me up, too, by purchasing your next pair through these links. Thanks, I appreciate it!


get in touch

Please reach out via email with any hiking footwear questions or collaboration inquiries: 

jory@hikingfeet.com

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