Best Trail Running Gear of 2024

Gearing up for a big race this year or just planning to spend more time exploring your local trails? Either way, upgrading your kit could make for a better time on the run. From shoes to packs to apparel, here are our top trail running picks for Spring/Summer 2024:

UltrAspire Lumen 850 Duo Waist Light

Headlamps are great, really great, and you’ll rarely find us running without one. But headlamps can often create tunnel vision which can make navigating technical terrain tricky. Cue the USB-rechargeable Lumen 850 Duo Waist Light which…

Ultimate Direction Xodus Vesta Women’s and Xodus Vest

What do they say, build a better mousetrap or something like that? Instead of sticking to the same lookalike design as many running vests, the Xodus Vest and women’s-specific Xodus Vesta have a zip-up front that…

Topo Athletic Traverse

The Traverse is the rare shoe that truly has the chops to deliver optimal performance for thru-hiking or trail running. Let’s be honest, you could treat just about any shoe as a hybrid option for moving…

Salomon Genesis

Last year Salomon rolled out a high-performance mountain racing shoe for their elite athletes and, as is often the case, they’ve used that as a foundational blueprint for making a slightly de-tuned model for the rest…

Salomon Women’s Active Skin 4 and Active Skin 4

We’ve always loved the way Salomon sends their athletes out onto the trails and takes their input to build cutting edge gear that meets the exacting standards of these elite performers. Know what we like even…

Salomon Bonatti WP Jacket

Not surprisingly from a brand like Salomon, the Bonatti WP Jacket is quite the athlete. It’s incredibly lightweight, highly breathable, and provides confident protection against wet weather so you can keep piling up miles even when…

Petzl Swift RL (2024)

We’ve been crushing on the rechargeable Swift RL for years on end and it just got even brighter! It’s equipped with Petzl’s innovative Reactive Lighting technology which uses sensors to continuously analyze ambient light and determine…

Outdoor Research Swift Lite Tech Cap

A cap is a cap, right? Wrong. At a quick glance, the Swift Lite Tech Cap might look like any other ball cap, but look again and you’ll find a hat with built-in stretch, the ability…

Osprey Tempest Velocity 30 Women’s and Talon Velocity 30

Wow, are these awesome packs! We’ve been beating up Tempests and Talons for years and years or trying to at least and we’ve always loved the way those ultra-lightweight packs hold up like heavyweights. The new…

LOWA Fortux

Though LOWA is making its first foray into the running market, they’re doing so with the premium craftsmanship you’d expect from a brand that has been building high-performance boots for the last 100 years. The Fortux…

LEKI Neotrail Pro FX.One Superlite

Race-ready poles like the Neotrail Pro FX.One Superlite make it clear that there’s a definite performance advantage in not just settling for standard hiking poles when running. These carbon fiber poles are feathery light, have streamlined…

Altra Running Timp 5

The Timp has been an Enwild Gear Specialist favorite for quite some time and its combination of cushioning, durability, and traction has found it on our feet for a number of ultra finishes. This updated model…

Adidas Terrex Agravic Speed

This shoe is certainly named appropriately. With a rockered design that encourages forward propulsion, lightweight materials, and a low-profile but still quite grippy outsole, the Terrex Agravic Speed just wants to go, go, go! It has…