The 3 Kinds Of Boots Men Need For Winter

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May 16, 2017 10:47 AM

Winter is coming. Is your footwear up to snuff?

LEFT: Alden 405 Indy ($523); RIGHT: Viberg ($720).

Winter is coming, but is your footwear up to snuff?

You shouldn't be trudging through the impending snow with your canvas sneakers or suede footwear. In fact, suede, leather soles, and desert boots should all be in storage for the long, cold, and wet months ahead.

Instead, break out the rubberized boots and Vibram outsoles.

1. Semi-dressy work boots

2. Boots with lugged soles

When the weather gets a little rougher outside, you're going to need a tougher boot. Boots with lugged soles are built to keep you from slipping on the ice and snow.

They often come in work or hiking boot styles, which may not be acceptable for your work place, but are always appropriate for your commute.

We recommend the Danner Mountain Light II, which has a hiking boot style, and the Red Wing Beckman, which is a revival of a classic work boot. Both have a long heritage of bulletproof quality boots behind them and are equipped with rubber lugged soles, providing optimal traction in the ice and snow.

3. All-weather duck boots

For trekking in the tundra, there's no boot better suited to the task than the classic duck boot. The rubberized sole and tough, full grain leather uppers provide full protection from the wet and icy wilderness. These are the boots you need to wear when heavy snow is in the forecast.

The go-to duck boot choice is the L.L. Bean Bean Boot, which invented the category way back in 1912. L.L. Bean still makes them and they're still handcrafted in the company's Maine facility.

Many have attempted to copy the L.L. Bean design, and some have even comes close.

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