Smartwool Hike Heavyweight Crew Socks
Merino wool, heavyweight cushion, crew height. The sock that goes inside rough-out work boots for an eight-hour day on rough terrain and comes out feeling like the first hour. Smartwool has been making these in Fort Collins, Colorado since 1994.
- Material
- 63% Merino wool, 35% nylon, 2% elastane
- SKU
- WTP-APP-SW-HIKE-HEAVY
Smartwool started in Fort Collins, Colorado in 1994 making Merino wool socks for ski use and expanded into hiking and working wear. The Hike Heavyweight Crew is their working sock — targeted cushioning in the heel and ball, reinforced toe and heel, crew height that stays up in a work boot. Merino wool means no itch, moisture management, and odor resistance that cotton can’t match.
For rough-out cowboy boots, the sock selection actually matters. Lightweight dress socks create pressure points at the seams during an eight-hour ranch day. The Smartwool heavyweight cushion absorbs the boot’s natural stiffness and distributes load across the sole. The boot break-in process goes faster with a proper sock inside it, and the sock outlasts anything you’d get at a gas station 5-to-1.
These are in the stocking-stuffer range in the ranch wife’s gift guide — they’re consumables, universally needed, and the kind of thing working people routinely buy cheap and regret. A three-pack of Smartwool heavyweights is a gift that gets used immediately.