inov 8’s….hot and cold weather techniques

I’ve used neoprene covers for mtn. bike shoes with some success, you’ve got to find ones that allow the sole to protrude with just an instep strap. I’m not thinking you’re going to find this adequate for sub-zero use, neos makes an overshoe that might work, and there are several insulated gaiters out there. You also need a bit of insulation at the insole, a lot depends on how aerobic your activity is. I work [and play] in sub-zero weather and what I found is you have to create a vapor barrier, insulate adequately, and change socks and insoles often. The other thing is you can’t constrict your foot, you need to size up to accomodate neoprene socks, thicker socks, vbl, etc.
My winter footwear is one full size larger then the remainder of the year.
I’d love to here about your trip.

cheers for that mr savage. Just remembered that on the other side of the pond you all use fahrenheit, so what I really meant was sub zero as in sub 30 temps. Id need footwear that could happily take me down to zero, but not below

Ya know I live right off the border with that other small country of English/French speaking natives, Canada, and I should of fired up a few brain cells and remembered this. At freezing frozen water has a tendency to melt in contact with body heat so the trick would be to keep your feet dry to keep them warm, also a lightweight insulated insole can provide just enough thermal break to help with heat conduction through the soles. You can make these out of material used for sound deadening in cars, there is an aluminum faced product sold for street rods that works well, or there are manufactured ones.
A sock that I’ve had really good luck with is the Darn Tough line, good pile thickness/can’t wear them out.
So how does that conversion factor go 5/7 of 32 minus the Queen’s birthday plus the number of republicans in the senate divided by the square root of pi.

Larry,

Google for a program called convert.exe, it’ll convert a lot of units in understandable figures. The number of times i had to use it to figure out stuff on this site……

Eins

Earlier this summer I tried my old Sealskinz on one foot and a Rocky Goretex on the other in extended snow hiking. I preferred the Rocky; they are slightly heavier but very comfortable and drier.