Scarpa Golden Gate Kima RT

Scarpa Golden Gate Kima RT main features

The Italian company is the latest to join the trend of designing and manufacturing shoes that include the carbon plate in their structure. The Scarpa Golden Gate Kima RT is a mountain running model that ensures increased levels of energy return compared to a traditional shoe and, above all, is designed to reduce fatigue levels that tend to become more noticeable as the miles go by.

These new trail runningshoes incorporate a very thin 1mm plate in the midsole which improves the shoe's responsiveness by more efficiently harnessing the energy return generated by the plantar arch. A model to maximize performance in all types of terrain, from the most technical to the least complicated.

Ideal Scarpa Golden Gate Kima RT runner

Despite incorporating the carbon fiber plate, Scarpa has managed to design a shoe for everything. This means that the Golden Gate Kima RT will perform well at all paces and over all distances, although we believe that they will have the most potential in long and ultra-distance events thanks to the reduction of fatigue that the inclusion of the plate can bring.

Scarpa Golden Gate Kima RT Technical Specifications

The foam midsole that surrounds the 3D carbon fiber plate ensures great cushioning and rebound in each stride, as well as being a very light compound to facilitate a better transition and a more dynamic stride. In this way, the transalpine company guarantees less effort and energy savings in order to improve performance in training and competitions.

The upper is constructed in two layers, with a first surface of very thin and lightweight microfiber and a second layer that is abrasion-proof and fully breathable. The last has a smaller volume in the forefoot area for a better fit and total freedom of movement. The Exo system incorporated in the structure ensures greater lateral stability and the Fit LW construction improves fit and comfort in the instep area.

On the bottom of thesetrail running shoesfor men and women we find an outsole with high lugs and quite separated from each other, ensuring great grip and traction in the most complex terrain of mud or wet rock. A compound that also performs effectively on more compact surfaces, so it is to praise its versatility.

The Scarpa Golden Gate Kima RT are designed with a 6mmdrop and weigh 255 grams in the women's version and 290 grams in the men's version, a really interesting record.

After the appearance of the North Face Flight Vectiv and the Hoka Tecton X, we will see the performance and success of the Golden Gate Kima RT. Of course, the range of trail running shoes with a plate is getting wider and wider, and this is a sign of evolution and improvement for the future of trail running.