Greetings. Just to elaborate a smidge... it was not the relationship with Columbia (going on 4 years) that led to the changes in this shoe... it is what Dakkaguru refers to... the market place, sales, competition etc. There are many people out there that love their older Hardrocks and we do too. It was time for a change and the evidence was undeniable. These are not the Old Hardrocks but the Hardrock '09 is what many were asking for which was basically more of a running shoe than a hiking shoe. We may have missed it a little for some and we probably shouldn't have called it the Hardrock but this shoe, design-wise, weight-wise etc is what many were looking for from us and they suggest a very progressive and market right direction for our future. Try 'em out see what you think...

The Montrail Hardrock changed in 2009. The proverbial " the only constant is change" perspective tells me it's never going back. Isn't it better that Montrail questions what they're doing and making small adjustments here and there that eventually lead into a complete overhaul which results in a better product rather than keeping the product stagnant as the running world and their competitors enclose around them and eventually bypass them all like a colossal floatilla of Spanish mercenary ships together, leaving them in a dust of antiquated technology and designs as well as dwindling sales?