Asics Trail Scout 2 'Black Cherry Tomato'
Colorway: Black/Cherry Tomato · Style code: 1011B181-007 · Release date: August 21, 2022 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Trail Scout 2 'Black Carrier Grey' (1011B181-002) · Asics Trail Scout 2 'Black Golden Yellow' (1011B181-009) · Asics Trail Scout 2 'French Blue' (1011B181-400) · Asics Trail Scout 2 'Indigo Fog' (1011B181-502) · Asics Wmns Trail Scout 2 'Black Birch' (1012B039-001)
Trail shoes are marketed on extremes: vertical gain, technical descents, races measured in days. Most of them get used on gravel paths and forest tracks. The Trail Scout sits at the entry end of the ASICS trail range, well below the Trabuco models the brand aims at long days in the mountains, and it is built for that ordinary use. A moulded EVA midsole does the cushioning rather than the engineered foams on the road side, the outsole carries enough lug to bite loose ground, and the mesh upper is reinforced where grit would otherwise wear through. Nothing in it is meant to be raced. Black with cherry tomato is a practical scheme for a shoe that will spend its life covered in dirt, the accent doing the work of making a pair identifiable rather than making it desirable, and it costs a fraction of what the specialised models above it do.