Pacific Mountain Ascend review

Who should buy the Pacific Mountain Ascend

The Pacific Mountain Ascend is a wallet-friendly hiking shoe best recommended for:

• day hikers and backpackers
• moderate to semi-advanced hiking and backpacking

Offers a safe and comfortable fit

The Pacific Mountain Ascend is designed for moderate to semi-advanced backpacking adventures.

Its combination of technologies—the boot’s rigid midsole and cushy memory foam footbed, to name a few—sees to it that such expeditions become safe and comfortable for the wearer.

The Pacific Mountain Ascend is waterproof and supportive

Its supportive upper confines the foot in a mostly (cow) suede leather enclosure. It comes engineered with a waterproof membrane to protect users from virtually all kinds of wet elements.

Pacific Mountain’s Ascend is a mid-cut footgear for both male and female trekkers. Its generally true-to-size fit favors those with standard-width feet. It comes in a range of full and half sizes. 

Provides traction and grip 

The boot allows for fit personalization thanks to its quick lace-up closure. An adequately padded interior, especially around the collar, gives the foot a plush in-shoe feel.

Backpackers are given the ability to navigate tricky surfaces with sufficient slip resistance with the boot’s MultiGrip outsole. 

Sturdy and protective 

Its lugs are formed into a geometry that enables users to maintain their footing, may they be ascending or descending slopes.

For additional control during descents, this sturdy layer is engineered with a heel brake. For extra toe protection, on the other hand, Pacific Mountain gear designers opted to extend the outsole’s tip toward the forefoot end of the boot.

Absorbs shock impact

The Ascend uses an EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate) midsole for stability, cushioning, and shock absorption over challenging terrain.

It comes embedded with a 3/4 steel shank—a plate-like component that strengthens the midsole’s medial section, providing backpackers with improved arch support.

Removable insole 

Bolstering the comfort level offered by the midsole is the boot’s default footbed. Since it is made of memory foam, this removable insole gets to provide a personalized kind of comfort with time.

It also grants additional heel support with its cupped design. Suede leather (cowhide) and high-density fabric constitute most of the Pacific Mountain Ascend’s upper.

Pacific Mountain Ascend provides protection from the weather 

It has a heel counter made of PU or polyurethane and a toe bumper made of rubber. For weather protection, it is imbued with a waterproof membrane.

Volume adjustments and lockdown security are possible thanks to the boot’s lacing system. It features rust-proof combination eyelets, the upper ones of which—the open hooks—allow for quick lace-ups.