Salomon S-LAB X ALP Carbon Gtx

The S/Lab X Alp Carbon 2 GTX mountaineering shoe is the product of rigorous testing done by athletes and employees near Salomon French Alps headquarters. Two Salomon employees give you the inside story on how they test a shoe before you ever see it in store.

“The playground for this shoe depends on the state of mind of the user.” That is one of the first phrases heard during the initial tests of the S/LAB X Alp Carbon, the shoe that lightened the footsteps of guides in high mountain terrain, allowing them to climb rock and use crampons with a gaiter on snow fields. "Times have changed, heavy shoes are out of fashion. I now recommend lightweight shoes to my clients," says one Pyrenees guide. After kilometers spent walking in the high mountains on the feet of guides and PGHM (elite mountain police troops) over the past two years, the S/LAB X Alp Carbon has grown more mature and reinvented itself in a new, lighter version with a more refined shape. These are the people who developed the new S/LAB X Alp Carbon 2 GTX.