As winter shoe I have very good experiences with Salomon Nitro GTX and have therefore again decided for a brand of Salomon and chose the Salomon COSMIC 4D 2 GTX. So I imagined a reasonable and good hiking shoes. This shoe fits like a glove. At the very first tour I was very excited. Very good and non-slip sole, steep downhill or uphill steep paths, no problem. Stony passages, whether meadow, forest floor and tree roots, the shoe provides very good grip. There was no pressure points on the feet to complain. I can recommend this shoe just best conscience.