Our first hiking boot, with a high upper, designed for all hikers. The women's version would follow a few years later.

Decathlon's design teams democratise hiking boots to make them accessible to as many people as possible! The design office worked hard to develop footwear that was co-designed with our first technical partners such as Vibram and Sympatex.

MAYA's footwear becomes more technical with the integration of our first patented concept for hiking footwear: the FLEX concept. The development of an exclusive bone-shaped part integrated into the sole to provide more flexibility in the midfoot area. The result? A better foot roll and greater freedom of movement, and available in two upper heights.

The hiking and camping brand Quechua already exists since 1997, and it is in this context that Dawa Sherpa wins the first edition of the UTMB with the Diosaz Raid 500: light shoes, with reinforced foot support thanks to our weblock technology.

The development of outdoor footwear is accelerating to meet the needs of different hiking activities. Quechua markets its hiking boots under the following names: Diosaz Raid (trail running shoes), Arpenaz (walking footwear), Forclaz (hiking and trekking footwear), Bionnassay (approach footwear for mountaineering, later marketed under the Simond climbing brand).

Our first technical concept is back with a low-cut shoe, more adapted to the needs of sportspeople. This shoe will then become a fast-hiking model.

Inspired by the tightening system of the Kalenji shoe, the Quechua teams are developing new trail-running shoes, the RT5, with a technological concept called 360°! A circular tightening solution all around the foot for complete support.

Accompanied by our laboratories and our design experts, in particular to develop our own components, our grip and traction technology is born under the name of CONTACT.
It took its first steps on snowy terrain (Snow Contact) to test it against the most severe constraints, such as walking on hard or even icy snow.

An innovation that improves hikers' comfort, by following the evolution of the foot’s shape when hiking and adapts to its morphology.
This innovation is applied to our first speed hiking shoe, the Forclaz 500 Helium.

A sportier, lighter and more modern version of the Forclaz 500, inspired by authentic leather codes while providing more modernity and technicality in the choice of the components.

Since 2022, our iconic MH500 model has been evolving: with its Outdoor Contact sole for grip and traction on all trails, its ecodesign, its comfort and cushioning accompanies all hikers, whatever the conditions!