Trad climbing is mentally exhausting, emotionally frustrating, physically demanding, and incredibly rewarding. When your heart is beating out of your chest and the veins in your arms are surging with blood, the last things that you want to be worrying about are your shoes!

SCARPA is thrilled to release their first mid top trad shoe, that is anything but traditional. The Maestro Mid rock climbing shoe launched this spring, after much anticipation from our loyal, trad climbing customers. This model fills the gap in our product line with a shoe that gives climbers all-day comfort and ankle protection on thin, vertical routes.

The innovative fabric pattern of the upper relocates stitching for increased toe comfort, while the new active-rand provides a tension solution that increases all-day support without compromising performance. Not only is this shoe constructed with a premium, eco-friendly leather, it is also the first
female-specific trad shoe to ever hit the market!

If all of the above isn’t enough to inspire you to give the Maestro Mid a try, check out the praises below from some of today’s most respected trad climbers…

“The Maestros are going to be huge hit! What a cool shoe!!”- Andres Marin

“After wearing the new Maestro for about 2000ft of climbing on granite overhangs, slabs, cracks (from tips to off width) and thin vertical routes, I can easily and confidently say that this shoe is my all-time favorite shoe.”- Rob Pizem

“The Maestro Mid is the shoe I have been waiting on to be made for years.”- Jay Smith

Both the Men’s and Women’s Maestro Mid can now be found at scarpa.com and SCARPA retailers nation-wide. They are available in Men’s sizes 39-50 and Women’s sizes 34.5 – 41. If you have big-wall plans for your summer, don’t let your shoes prevent you from topping out. Lace up the Maestro Mid and get vertical!