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5.10: American sho manufacturer. Shoes feature Stealth rubber that is thought to be the stickiet in the market.
AlpinaSports
Asolo: Asolo was founded in 1975. The company was acquisited in 1991 by Benetton Sportsystem.
Boreal: Climbing and mountaineering boot facturer from Alicante, Spain. Boreal started it's life in October of 1975 as Jesús García, together with some other people decides to create a company dedicated to the manufacturing of Aprés-Ski footwear.
Climbingshoes.com: A small group of climbers dedicated to bringing climbing shoes to the public at prices well below the competition. This is done by selling shoes directly through the Internet. climbingshoes.com's line of shoes from Italy are made with the same materials, craftmanship, and Italian tradition as other branded climbing shoes. In fact, some of the shoes are stitched in the same factories used by those larger branded manufacturers. Offices are located on the North Shore of Massachusetts.
Crispi: Philosophy of Italian (Maser) Crispi follows in producing mountaineering, hunting and freetime boots: "The thrill of feeling new emotions, of breathing in the majestic peace and quiet of woods and meadows, of beeing an integral part of nature."
Dachstein: Dachstein is a well known shoe maker with tens of years of experience. Dachstein is part of the same corporation as Kneissl. ISO 9001 standard. The company is named after an Austrian mountain range and glacier.
Forty Below: Forty Below (Graham, Washington, USA) manufactures overboots for extremely arctic climate.
FreeClimbing: Spanish climbing shoe maker.
Garmont: Italian Boots with innovative technology and materials.
Gronell: Founded over 50 years ago, in the heart of Lessinia, Gronell holds a very important position, in Italy and abroad, in the productions of technical mountain boots.
Hanwag: German shoe manufaturer founded by Hans Wagner (see Lowa).
Kayland
Koflach: Austrian manufacturer of plastic mountaineering boots. Koflach was founded by a dedicated group of climbers in the Styria region of Austria in 1898. Their mission? To hand-produce crampons, boots and climbing equipment as a labor of love. Koflach was the first company to introduce plastic double boots, and they sell more than anyone else.
La Sportiva: In the 30ies and 40ies, Narciso Delladio hand-crafted wooden clogs and leather boots for lumber-jacks and farmers of the Fassa and Fiemme valleys (Italy), who trusted his skilled hands. Today the company has 52 employees. The turnover is 1996 was over Lit 18.000.000. Exports exceed 75% of sales.
Lowa: Johan Wagner and his three sons Lorenz, Hans and Adolf worked in Jetzendorf (Germany) in 1923 as shoe makers. After the World War brother's Wagner became rivals as Lorenz made shoes under brand Lowa, Hans founded Hanwag and Adolf Hochland. Lowa was bought in 1993 by Italian Tecnica-Group.
Meindl: Shoe and other leatherware maker from Euregio Salzburg-Berchtesgaden with more than 300 years of experience.
Merrell: Company which produces excellent sandals.
Montrail: Montrail is a Seattle-based manufacturer (since 1993) of innovative, light weight, performance outdoor footwear for outdoor enthusiasts. The company is cited in the June, 1996 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine as #69 in the list of the 100 fastest growing small businesses in America. August 1, 1997, the company name was changed to Montrail (previously One Sport). Links to reviews in several magazines as well as expert advice can be found on the site. Also includes boot selector, although not as detailed as Asolo's.
Raichle: Raichle stands for more than 85 years of experience and innovation in the field of bootmaking. In 1909, Louis Raichle founded the company which in the beginning made casual and work boots. In 1912, the factory was contracted for the military. In 1924, ski and mountaineering boots were first developed. Leather lies at the heart of the Raichle bootmaking art. The Raichle line includes plastic and classic mountaineering, classic trekking, classic hiking, and Gore Tex. Interesting user interface.
Rockshoes.com: Bufo, Rockshoes.com, Eliass
Salomon outdoors: French outdoors company producing wide variety of x-hiking and trekking shoes. Also mountaineering boots as well as backpacks.
Scarpa: For over thirty years Fabiano Shoe Co. and Scarpa of Italy have been providing the outdoor enthusiast with quality footwear. The Scarpa factory is based in Asolo, a small town in the Treviso region of northern Italy which is renowned for the manufacturing of performance footwear.
Tecnica
Trezeta: Trezeta S.r.l. was founded in 1960. At the beginning its production concerned mountain and outdoor boots. Around 1974 Trezeta put on the market a cross-country and ski boots collection, that was substituted in 1984 with the production of ice skate boots. Today Trezeta has about seventy employees and an annual production of 250.000 pairs of shoes about, mostly in Gore-Tex, on a surface of four thousand mq.
Vasque: American shoe-maker.
Vibram: After a fatal accident in the Italian Alps in 1935, Vitale Bramani created an all-purpose climbing sole: lightweight, long-wearing and flexible. He developed rubber compounds with excellent ttraction and high abrasion resistance. He designed a new lug sole and called it Vibram, after his own name. Vibram soles have gone on to become a legend throughout the world. Look for the distinctive Vibram octagon with the Vibram name inside.