These are great shoes for tooling around but they are not a serious hiking/trekking/muddy path shoe. Traction is acceptable to decent. The upper is an interesting design and definitely does fairly well in wet conditions, but the issue is it just doesn't provide any manner of support. You have to tie these shoes incredibly tight just to feel like your foot isn't sloshing around inside and it's very easy to roll your ankle with these. Overall, These would be fine if you you can get them under $40 for a high traction water shoe for say kayaking, but to seriously hike, especially in wet conditions, avoid these.