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Namaste Y'all,
just joined...i've lived in FLG for the past nine+ years and just came across this site doing some research for a Grandview>Horseshoe Mesa overnight on Monday.
Two quick questions:
uno>will gnarly-soled [and toe-hold] Chacos outperform my Barge-cemented not-so-gnarly-anymore soled boots?
dos>amount of time from GV Trailhead to first camp @ HM, as we'll probably be starting at four p.m.

Background info:
32yoa w/ bum left knee whose been from Gokyo > Georiga, on the himalayan highway and the AT respectively, so no spring chicken when it comes to traction, but i want to be sure if choosing poor-soled boots over sure-soled Chacos
thanks
and
happy trails

In response to niobium eggplant's reply: We have hiked the Grandview trail a couple of times. It is one of the steeper of the trails and has a lot of pavement rocks at an angle and can be slick to the foot. There is alot of steps of logs in the trail and it is also a more narrow on. You could call this the stair stepper of a trail. It doesn't take that long to get to the horseshoe mesa. On the foot wear I am not sure what you mean but it can be slippery with the sand on the rock pathways....

In response to Dschur's reply:
well, the soles of my boots are smooth and the soles of my chacos have a very good grip...
thanks!

That's a great hike. Have a good time. I agree, the more gripy the better on that trail. There are several places where losing your footing would be REALLY bad. Especally if you plan on doing some exploring around the old mining sites there.

Just an idea here. Recently I wore my favorite boots right through the tread. There about as flat as you could get. Rather than have them resoled (50-60 bucks for new vibram soles) I took a dremel and carved out new tread loosley on the basis of where the old tread was. I only lost about an 1/8 of an inch off the bottom of the sole and they have as much traction now as they did then.