Asics Trail Scout 2 'Black Golden Yellow'
Colorway: Black/Golden Yellow · Style code: 1011B181-009 · Release date: February 13, 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Trail Scout 2 'Black Carrier Grey' (1011B181-002) · Asics Trail Scout 2 'Black Cherry Tomato' (1011B181-007) · 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)
A trail shoe is mostly an outsole. Strip away the lugs and much of the category is a road shoe in tougher fabric, which is why the cheap end competes on grip and durability rather than on cushioning technology. The second Trail Scout follows that logic exactly: rubber patterned for loose ground, a reinforced toe, a moulded EVA midsole doing plain work underneath, and a price under half of what a mountain-focused model asks. ASICS has kept a budget trail shoe in its range for years, sold beside far more specialised models most buyers will never have a use for, and the Scout is the version that ends up on dog walks and gravel loops. Golden yellow against black is the brighter of the two treatments this generation wore. On a shoe destined for mud and long grass, a colour that stands out has a practical argument behind it.