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Winter foot gear has changed a lot. When I started it was double layer end of story/end of discussion so you basically has either Sorels or plastics (or mouse boots for really old school).

These days I mostly use fairly cheap single layer insulated boots with some variant of microspikes. Still have plastics with step-ins. Have never bought into the newer generation of high-end single layer which seem to be the non-expedition norm these days.