La Sportiva  TX Guide Approach Shoes - Women's

Great grip on rock for scrambling but the sole started breaking down on the first use! These shoes were tight in the toe for me so if the sole were more durable I would have gone up a size from my normal size.

These are great shoes to have in the arsenal. The toss between a trail runner and an approach shoe is the best combo because it adds the comfort and weight of a trail runner but stickiness of an approach shoe. I love to speed hike/trail run rocky terrain so these are a must have. Overall, I recommend these shoes to anyone looking for a stickier solution to trail runners or long distance comfort in an approach shoe. As for sizing, I did have to size up by .5 of my normal shoe size. That fit perfectly.

Finally an approach shoe I can hike in! A lot of the approaches where I live are pretty long, so having an approach shoe with tread on the bottom has been a huge game-changer. No more slipping on loose leaves and pine needles! I also like climbing in them because the toe box is narrow and precise. The smaller toe box does take a while to break in, but it's totally worth it for the performance.

The mesh on the sides started to deteriorate within 2 wears, the shoe is absolutely destroyed at this point with minimal wear. I tried to fix them to no avail. Worn less than 50 miles and on two climbs both 5.5 on soft sandstone. The shoe itself is comfortable and would 10/10 wear all day- just need it to stop falling apart as you wear them. Literally have been falling apart from the top down…. I need a new pair of approach shoes already. I have several climbing shoes from lasportiva without the quality issues I’m seeing in this shoe. If you want to see what planned obsolescence means buy these.

I bought this shoe in December and have only been using it for climbing approaches. After maybe 7 times wearing it, the laces of the shoe have snapped off and shredded. This is just from normal wear. Not very impressed with how quickly the laces shredded, I would expect more use before that occurs. The rest of the shoe still looks fresh and I am not looking forward to replacing my laces every month. Wish they made the laces better quality. Other than the laces, the shoe is comfortable and great for climbing. I have been happy with its performance in 3rd, 4th, and 5th class terrain. It fits well for someone with a smaller foot.

FYI: The toe box is much narrower than the TX3. I ordered these because I adore my TX3s and wanted to try this model. I'm returning them only for that reason, as I have a boxy fore-foot and a bone spur on one foot at the big toe joint that requires some extra room. Otherwise I'd keep them; they look like fabulous approach shoes.

Overall I like the shoes but unfortunately they don't hold up after 4 months of normal wear. The laces are too skinny and not durable enough. One is broken, the other is about to. A friend with the same shoes has the same problem, so I plan to return them.

This style fits much smaller than another style of the same size.

Really disappointed that the largest size available for this is a 42 (USA 10) - I would say it fits like a 10.5 but I would need an 11 (my usual size). The shoe seems really good quality and the width is good for my narrow feet. It seems that they don't make this shoe in anything bigger than a 10 - the hunt continues.

I bought the shoe in June 2025 and wore them for hiking and some climbing until end of August. The fit of the shoe is great, no blisters. But the shoe itself is falling apart. I have many Lasportiva hiking shoes and have never seen this poor quality.