What's the secret to a great hike? A lovely path, breathtaking scenery, pleasant company, a warm hostel with great food at the finish, but also, above all, a good pair of walking socks. Why is choosing a good trekking sock so crucial? Because if you don't choose wisely, foot pain, frozen toes, sweating, blisters, chafing and damaged nails will ruin your trek.
At Therm-ic, experts in thermoregulation and comfort for over 20 years, we have designed 7 pairs of technical, high-performance and eco-friendly hiking socks for you based around a firm concept, in order to best match your practice and the conditions. With walking socks for winter, summer and mid-season, high socks and low socks, women's socks and men's socks, ultralight, double-skin or merino wool socks, we bring you our guide to choosing ""your"" best hiking sock, the sock that suits you the best.
THE GUIDE TO BUYING ""YOUR"" BEST HIKING SOCKS
""Your most suitable trekking sock for every condition!"" »
Are you having a hard time finding your way around between winter, summer and mid-season walking socks, between high and low socks, between ultralight, double skin or merino wool socks, between women's socks and men's socks? We offer advice and detail everything you need to know about walking socks that are designed for the hot or cold conditions you'll be facing!
THE OUTDOOR ULTRACOOL HIKING SOCKS
The thin, lightweight hiking sock that dries super-fast. The highly breathable OUTDOUR ULTRACOOL walking socks are perfect for summer treks, where heat- and perspiration-weary feet will need comfort and coolness.
WHO ARE THE OUTDOOR ULTRACOOL HIKING SOCKS FOR?
For hikers who pile on the walks and kilometres in summer, in sometimes extremely hot conditions, from 15°C to 35°C.
THE ""LITTLE EXTRAS"" OF THE OUTDOOR ULTRACOOL HIKING SOCKS?
- Super-fast drying thanks to the Pure-ic fibre, an innovative organic yarn praised for its freshness, lightness, strength and ability to dry extremely quickly.
- Optimal moisture management with MOISTURE-VENT technology. Climate-channel based construction that allows the foot to be ventilated and perspiration to be wicked out of the sock with every step.
- Reinforcements on strategic areas of the foot that aid comfort throughout the hours and kilometres on long days of walking, from dawn to dusk.
- Men's and women's versions available.
THE OUTDOOR ULTRACOOL LINEN HIKING SOCKS
An ultra-thin, lightweight hiking sock that protects your feet from heat and therefore from blisters, chafing and other aches and pains that can occur accumulate over the kilometres. Ideal for warm temperatures, from 15 to 30°C.
WHO ARE THE ULTRACOOL LINEN HIKING SOCKS FOR?
For walkers who love to take advantage of the long summer days to go hiking. Those who take pleasure in enjoying the moment and nothing else.
THE ""LITTLE EXTRAS"" OF THE ULTRACOOL LINEN HIKING SOCKS?
- The composition, which combines the breathability and comfort of linen fibres with the lightness and freshness of Pure-ic organic yarns.
- The eco-friendly refreshing, anti-odour treatment. Particularly useful in a refuge, to avoid upsetting your neighbours' nostrils!
- The MOISTURE-VENT technology that provides effective ventilation. With each step, moist air is pumped from the arch of the foot to the sides, allowing the moisture to escape.
- Men's and women's versions available.
THE TREKKING COOL LIGHT HIKING SOCKS
The ultimate hiking sock in terms of versatility and lightness.
WHO ARE THE TREKKING COOL LIGHT HIKING SOCKS FOR?
For avid hikers who go walking as a way of life, sometimes, often, over several successive days, and who are thus looking for a sock that is as technical as it is comfortable and efficient.
THE ""LITTLE EXTRAS"" OF THE TREKKING COOL LIGHT HIKING SOCKS?
- The Tencel composition, a 100% eco-friendly yarn derived from eucalyptus pulp, to give these hiking socks a real fresh feeling along with great breathability.
- The Pure-ic fibre which, coupled with Tencel, makes this hiking sock even more lightweight, natural and eco-friendly.
- The MOISTURE-VENT technology that provides effective ventilation. With each step, moist air is pumped from the arch of the foot to the sides, allowing the moisture to escape.
- Reinforcements on strategic areas of the foot that aid comfort throughout the hours and kilometres on long days of walking.
- Men's and women's versions available.
THE TREKKING COOL HIKING SOCKS
The perfect mid-height hiking sock for your spring and summer treks.
WHO ARE THE TREKKING COOL HIKING SOCKS FOR?
For regular walkers, who dedicate themselves to their passion assiduously when the fine weather returns, in warm or temperate conditions, from 5° to 20°C.
THE ""LITTLE EXTRAS"" OF THE TREKKING COOL HIKING SOCKS?
- The Tencel composition, a 100% eco-friendly yarn derived from eucalyptus pulp, to give these hiking socks a real fresh feeling along with great breathability.
- The MOISTURE-VENT technology that provides effective ventilation. With each step, moist air is pumped from the arch of the foot to the sides, allowing the moisture to escape.
- Reinforcements on strategic areas of the foot that aid comfort throughout the hours and kilometres on long days of walking.
- Men's and women's versions available.
THE TREKKING TEMPERATE HIKING SOCKS
Thelightweight, double-skinned high hiking sock, designed to keep you safe from blisters, overheating and other foot chafing.
WHO ARE THE TREKKING TEMPERATE HIKING SOCKS FOR?
For walkers whose hiking has already been marred by blisters, chafing or foot pain. Indeed, whether it's hot or cold, this versatile hiking sock delivers on its promise of technicality and comfort over a wide range, between -5°c and 25°C.
THE ""LITTLE EXTRAS"" OF THE TREKKING TEMPERATE HIKING SOCKS?
- The double skin construction, superb against foot friction. The ideal solution for saying goodbye to blisters.
- The FUTURE VENT technology: a high-performance micro-channel system that allows sweat to be drained with every step.
- The eco-friendly based natural fibres: breathable and anti-odour linen, comfortable and absorbent merino wool, and the light and elastic Pure-ic organic yarn.
- The comfort, ensured bystrategically positioned protectors along the Achilles tendon, heel and toes.
- Men's and women's versions available.
THE TREKKING TEMPERATE CUSHION HIKING SOCKS
The most comfortable and eco-friendly lightweight hiking sock on the market.
WHO ARE THE TREKKING TEMPERATE CUSHION HIKING SOCKS FOR?
For hikers looking for a versatile trekking sock as they hike all year round, in winter and summer, from -5°C to 25°C, with two main criteria of choice: comfort and breathability.
THE ""LITTLE EXTRAS"" OF THE TREKKING TEMPERATE CUSHION HIKING SOCKS?
- The unparalleled comfort, felt the moment you slip your foot into it. The result of a combination of silky soft merino wool and revolutionary Pure-ic fibres, known for lightness and breathability.
- The optimal moisture management thanks to CoolmaxTM yarn, a cooling fibre created from textile waste, combined with MOISTURE VENT technology, whose micro-channel construction allows perspiration to be wicked to the outside with every step.
- Men's and women's versions available.
THE TREKKING WARM HIKING SOCKS
The warm, high hiking sock par excellence. Made from 41% merino wool, the TREKKING WARM is the ultimate walking sock to ensure you never have cold feet.
WHO ARE THE TREKKING WARM HIKING SOCKS FOR?
For those who trek all year round. But ideally for those who want to keep their feet warm when it's cold: in winter, mid-season or during summer, in the high mountains. Indeed, the TREKKING WARM comes to life when temperatures fluctuate between -10°C and 5°C.
THE ""LITTLE EXTRAS"" OF THE TREKKING WARM HIKING SOCKS?
- Its protections in the form of cushioned insulation pads to protect the most sensitive areas of the foot after several hours of walking, namely the heel, Achilles tendon and toes.
- A 41% composition of merino wool, a very noble natural fibre known for its insulation, comfort and breathability.
- Its breathability thanks to the MOISTURE-VENT technology that allows the evacuation of moisture and perspiration with each step, thanks to an innovative channel system.
- The Pure-ic fibre, a high-tech organic fibre, patented by Therm-ic, designed for the next generation of hikers and which consumes 25% less CO2 than traditional polyamides. Pure-ic stands out for its incredible lightness, its quick drying, its elasticity synonymous with resistance and its anti-odour capabilities.
- Men's and women's versions available.
