The Best Women's Hiking Boots

This guide is for beginner hikers who want to purchase their first pair of hiking boots. While the boots here are mostly meant for people who plan to go on longer day hikes or light backpacking trips, we also think you’ll benefit from this guide if you’re looking for an all-around boot to wear in your everyday life, on a rainy day, or in snowy conditions. Hiking boots tend to fall into a few categories: trail hiking, hiking, backpacking, and mountaineering. The boots in this guide should be able to hold up in each category. Besides that, as a baseline, they will also be able to support a hiker who is carrying a lightweight backpack up to 25 pounds, and will offer sufficient support so that the hiker's feet wouldn't be fatigued after long periods of walking. Also, these picks would work for most, despite whether you pronate, supinate and should accommodate all high or fallen arches. Some studies show some anatomical differences between male and female feet. Men’s feet tend to be longer and wider than women’s feet, while women’s feet tend to have a wider toe region and instep compared with men’s feet. However, most hiking boots don’t reflect those differences. However there are boots built specifically for women. If you check the the back of the shoes, you will see the stiching is offset to accommodate ankle articulation, since women's Achilles tend to be built in a different way from men's. All the shoes in this guide should support women's feet.