Synthetic or smart wool with knee high heavy panty hose as liners. After hiking for 50 years in every possible sock combo, still the best.

The only way to keep insulation, both sock and boot, truly dry is with a vapor/water proof barrier on each side, which means beneath the sock. I don’t like doing that.


I do not entertain hypotheticals. The world itself is vexing enough. -- Col. Stonehill