If hiking shoes are going to keep infiltrating everyday wardrobes, they might as well look this good. There’s something about a slightly rugged sneaker that feels particularly right once the weather turns, especially when the alternative is watching your favorite everyday pairs get destroyed.

This is the adidas Terrex Free Hiker 3 Low GORE-TEX.

If the Terrex name sounds familiar, it should. adidas has been quietly building out its outdoor offering for years, and the Free Hiker has become one of its more recognizable silhouettes along the way.

This low-top version keeps the same outdoorsy attitude but loses some of the bulk, making it feel much more like something that belongs in a regular sneaker rotation. The muted gray colorway helps, too. It’s understated enough to wear with pretty much anything, but the chunky shape still gives an outfit a bit of something.

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Then there’s the GORE-TEX, which is particularly useful once fall starts doing what fall does best. Rain and questionable weather forecasts, this is a shoe that can deal with all of it without looking like you’ve dressed specifically for the mountain side.

Basically, it’s a hiking shoe that doesn’t require an actual hike. And that’s kind of the point.

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