Trail Midweight Mini Crew Toesocks

Injinji toe socks completely solve one specific problem: skin-on-skin rubbing between the toes, which is where a lot of hikers actually blister. If you get blisters between toes, or have a bunion or overlapping toes, this is the fix, and the midweight trail cushion plus mesh venting makes them workable as a standalone sock rather than only a liner. At 74 grams a pair they cost nothing to carry. The costs are real, though. They take noticeably longer to put on, and threading five sleeves onto cold, wet, swollen feet at 5 a.m. is genuinely irritating. Those individual toe sleeves are also the failure point, wearing through at the toe seams sooner than a conventional sock does, and the per-pair price adds up across a long trail. The fabric is polyester rather than merino, so expect them to smell after a couple of days.