Scarpa is an Italian word meaning shoe. In 1938, Rupert Edward Cecil Lee Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh, an Anglo-Irish businessman established S.C.A.R.P.A.® the footwear company, an acronym for Calzaturieri Asolani Riuniti Pedemontana Anonima (Association of Footwear Manufacturers from the mountain area of Asolo) in order to bring together the most talented craftsmen in leather and leather work in the area. Early in 1942, Luigi Parisotto was hired by Scarpa and in 1956 he, Francesco and Antonio Parisotto took over the business.
Today the company has over 165 employees and 100 outside co-operators and over 140 different models of boot and shoe including technical boots for High Altitude and Ice, Ski-Mountaineering and Telemark.
Shoe/boot conversion sizes vary widely between manufacturers and even from one style to the next from the same manufacturer. The chart below is about as accurate as is possible to compile.
Good quality round laces for Scarpa mountain boots such as the Manta.
Warm, waterproof, winter mountaineering/walking boot.
Multi pitch and traditional climbing rockshoe.
Asymmetric lace-up aimed at sport climbers and boulderers.
A very lightweight technical shoe designed for long approaches and more technical scrambling.
Comfy Velcro fastening shoe for climbing wall and mountain rock routes.
Comfortable leather approach shoe with a clean design and a Gore-tex waterproof membrane.
A very lightweight and waterproof mountaineering boot, designed for moving fast.
A mountain walking boot for any distance.
A stiff, down-turned shoe that really performs on steep edging routes.
Ideal for everything from hard sport climbs, to technical boulder problems, to multipitch trad.
A top end Velcro fastening shoe with a good mixture of flex and support.
The warmest, lightest and most technical mountain boot on the market.
Superb, warm boot for Scottish winter climbing and continental icefalls.
Does not compromise the natural growth of a child's feet.
For running medium to long distance on mixed terrain, including off-road as well as paved surfaces.
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