2583 Chisel Toe

Blundstones have been on our feet — and just about everyone else's in this town — since we opened, and it's easy to understand why once you've worn a pair through a proper mountain winter. THey have been making boots in Hobart, Tasmania since 1870, and the elastic-sided pull-on design has barely changed since — mostly because they got it right the first time. It's the kind of boot that was built for people who needed to stop thinking about their feet: farmers, factory workers, soldiers on the Kokoda Track. That no-nonsense pedigree still shows in every pair. The leather breaks in rather than breaks down, the sole holds its own on gravel and slush alike, and there's nothing to lace or buckle — you're in and out in seconds, which matters more than you'd think during a Canmore winter. It's become something of a local uniform around here, equally at home on a hike and at dinner after.