Dig the wide toe box
5/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jun 20, 2026
20 mpw 300 miles in this shoe training for general fitness would buy again
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Cushioning
- 3/5
- Durability
- 5/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 5/5
Altra Escalante 5
Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · Medium/Narrow/Wide
How it ranks
The Altra Escalante 5 ranks among the stronger daily trainers in our data. Comfort and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 2 runner reviews and 6 other rated shoes in the Escalante product line. Another 10 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
Current estimate: Very good
Confidence
How settled the rating is against every other rated shoe. A shoe can rate high on confidence with relatively few reviews of its own when its product line has a long record and external ratings from retailer sites agree. Confidence will score low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.
Confidence
66/100
Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 2 runner ratings.
Where to buy
Black / Pink Glo / Orngepop (and 3 others)
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Buy at Running Warehouse for $140
BuyPros
- Both reviewers so far name the roomy toe box.
- Both reviewers so far call it durable, one getting about a year out of a pair at twenty miles a week.
- One reviewer describes the zero-drop ride as soft but firmly supportive.
Cons
- Cushioning draws the lowest ratings of the two reviews so far at 4.0 out of 5, and one reviewer calls the amount average.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Altra Escalante
Each dot is one version of the Escalante, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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2020 · 5 reviews
87 Good
67 Confidence
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2018 · 17 reviews
98 Exceptional
95 Confidence
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Escalante 5 This shoe
2026 · 2 reviews
90 Very good
66 Confidence
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2024 · 7 reviews
81 Good
69 Confidence
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2022 · 15 reviews
75 Decent
81 Confidence
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2019 · 12 reviews
91 Very good
86 Confidence
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2017 · 41 reviews
92 Very good
94 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Release
- 2026
- MSRP
- $140
- Widths
- Medium, Narrow, Wide
Available sizes
Men's sizes
8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13
Women's sizes
6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10
Runner reviews
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- Altra Escalante 3
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- Altra Escalante 2
- Altra Escalante 1.5
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