Timberland Launches Mountain Athletics Range

It's an outdoor footwear bonanza this autumn and Timberland is joining in with a new range of of trail shoes which it has dubbed its Mountain Athletics range, which it says is both ideal for adventure racing and trail running and light on the planet too.

Interestingly, more and more lightweight walkers are using trail-running footwear for walking, so don't assume that the new range is for runners only. The combination of grip, running technology and light weight makes them an attractive general proposition for some walkers too.

Timberland is making a big noise about its environmental credentials and a partnership with Green Rubber Inc means that the outsole is made from a blend of 50% Green Rubber and 50% virgin rubber compound. The Green Rubber is made of at least 85% per-cent recycled tyre rubber, reducing the number of dead tyres cluttering up the planet.


The shoes themselves get all the high tech gubbins you'd expect from a major brand with all sorts of systemic labels duly applied. The bottom line with stuff like Independent Suspension Network system, Stability Control Frame and so on, is that you'll be getting industry standard chassis enginering designed to give decent stability and support.

Underfoot mid-soles are multi-density with a head to toe flex groove claimed to allow 'medial and lateral sole sections to react independently on varying trail conditions'.


They look good too with prominent added protection in toe and forefoot areas to deal with rubble abrasion plus a choice of styles with and without Gore-Tex membranes. We like the look of the higher cut version of the All Mountain Inferno - above - basically a mid with trail running chassis for example.

In the shops shortly, more information at the all-singing, all-dancing  tma.timberland.com where all the relevant technologies are explained.