Good news, Drew! While wet, cold, muddy is one of the danger zones for boots, those conditions are common in the US, so there is an easy solution (If you needed colder, it could get trickier)! Sorel or LL Bean or equivalent is about right. If you get a boot with a liner, get two pair of liners and swap out overnight to allow a day to dry. The trick to warm boots is plenty of room for your feet. Blood flow keeps our feet warm. Insulation keeps that heat in. No blood flow, no heat. I suggest sizing up and knotting the lower portion of the boot to be loose, then tighten from the ankle up.
If weight is an issue (for cycling, Sorels are heavy), Uggs are working well for me so far. Not as beefy as Sorels for working though, so not great for working in. With abandon, Patrick On Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 1:46:58 AM UTC-7, drew wrote: > > ive been spending my weekends working on a little cabin and some land near > Yosemite. I'm from LA, and while my hiking boots have performed pretty good > so far, I now find myself in the cold, wet, muddy zones more frequently. > I'm looking for boots that can handle some water, slush, cold and solid > thrashing. They won't see deep snow that often though, but should be > useable on icy roads and rocks. > I almost bought some sorells before remembering that you guys usually have > more thoughtful and unexpected brand recommendations. Budget conscious > options are always appreciated -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
