I would look elsewhere. These soles are not very good. On wet pavement I find even my work boots have much better traction, these would be the last thing to wear hiking. Once you break them in they are very convenient to slip on and off and on dry pavement they are great for walking around town. Introduce moisture and its a different story. I have heard these used to have Vibram soles, those were probably much better. This is the second pair I have owned and it fell apart very quickly, the first pair seemed to hold up much better.