Over the last few years, we at Amundsen have been developing our brand new boots, the Ilujjiniq Mountain Mucks. But before we put them into full-scale production, we wanted to put them to test—so we decided to pick up the final prototypes from our boot factory in Montebelluna, Italy and walk them home to Oslo.
The journey began at the factory, where we got the rundown on the handcrafted production process in which shoe-guru Fabio Deon and the master shoemakers at Monte Sport brought the boots from vegetable-tanned leather to finished footwear. When our four prototype pairs were ready, we chucked our old trainers, laced up our brand new Amundsen Boots, and made our way through Montebelluna towards our first obstacle: the Dolomites.