Obsessive Design: The Making of Mountain Footwear (Ep. 4)

Mountain athletes have sharper technical skills, greater fitness levels, and grander dreams than ever before. The problem? Their footwear just isn’t cutting it - until now.
Find out how we design shoes for mountain athletes to chase the (previously) impossible in the fourth episode of our Obsessive Design film series.
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[@votaryfilms]

Great job Arc'teryx, who are the filmmakers behind this series? Its been incredible filmmaking!

[@tundrrv]

can this series never stop?

[@samanthaalbert8499]

Amazing Pam you are truly an inspiration proud you are my sister!

[@HDBnB1]

Amazing production quality. You’ve sold me on the shoe. I’m hoping it holds up to how well you portrayed it

[@Big_Llama]

Top tier series!

[@parkoursteve5475]

Epic!
Very very interesting and well designed video

[@qrohlf]

Great film. It's an interesting route to highlight for Arc' shoe design because of the mandatory creek crossing @ Sigurd Creek to start the route, and the biggest issue I've had with Arc'teryx shoe design is that the 2-3cm of lamination they use where the midsole meets the upper basically turns the shoe into a gravy boat that won't really drain meaningfully at all. (Would honestly be curious to hear if Eric has some special beta for the creek crossing - it's not super pleasant/efficient to do it barefoot, but I'd hate to do the rest of the route in fully-saturated shoes either).

[@mattgoeswheelin]

It still baffles me that yall don’t make MTB specific clothing. The HQ is literally in Vancouver, right outside of the best mountain biking in the world.

[@kurtemmerling3461]

I bought a gamma light weight hoodie ( soft shell) specifically for mtb here in PA for fall . It fits well over several different types of layers. But most impressive to me is the hood stays put over helmet almost perfectly even flying downhill. I have 2 other shells which are actually mtb specific but my arcteryx is top choice. Sorry for the unsolicited opinion but I actually was thinking the same thing you said and picked one up as was not let down.

[@mikej243]

Get Mons Royale. They fill the niche side of sports that Arc currently isn’t invested in.

[@bilaltahir9978]

How is the vibram xs flash 2 outsole better than vibram megagrip?

[@ariz3425]

yep yep yepppppp !!!!!!

[@marcmorera1755]

whe are the filmmakers that did this series? thank you

[@Kreuzass]

very good cinematoraphy, but I personally would prefer a slower, non adhs cut and an overall slower pace...

[@happyweener]

Why do they make their shoes so narrow

[@TheJulesfoote]

Great information in this video... I enjoyed the laminated explanation.

[@youtubeandroidtv7090]

What crampons are they wearing with these shoes?

[@deathjester6406]

It's a Petzl Leopard FL. You can see the cord that connects the two pieces.

[@dagm1449]

Petzl Leopard Crampons

[@cbgny23]

Less bird (logo) more width, please and thank you!