The North Face Altamesa 500 v2 | Full Review

Taylor reviews The North Face Altamesa 500 v2, a daily trainer trail shoe featuring a seamless, engineered lightweight upper, enhanced DREAMFOAM midsole, and SURFACE CTRL SC2 rubber outsole. 36mm/30mm stack height. Available February 2026 for $170. INDEX 00:00 Intro 1:33 Weight 2:00 The Drop 4:48 The Upper 7:15 The Outsole 8:30 Price 8:34 Rating System 10:16 Overall Scores Believe in the Run does make a small commission from any affiliate links, so if you pick up one of the shoes, please use the shop links below to help us out! Shop Believe in the Run apparel ➡ https://shop.believeintherun.com Read the review ➡ Subscribe to The Drop weekly email💧 ➡ http://bit.ly/THEDROP Listen to The Drop weekly podcast, wherever you get your podcasts, or here ➡ https://bit.ly/THE-DROP-PODCAST Confused about shoe terminology? Check out our full breakdown of the Anatomy of a Running Shoe ➡ https://believeintherun.com/anatomy-of-a-shoe/ Follow Us! ➡ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/bintherun/ ➡ INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/believeintherun ➡ STRAVA: https://bit.ly/BITR-STRAVA ➡ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Bintherun ➡ WEBSITE: https://BelieveintheRun.com Shop Running Warehouse (free shipping on EVERYTHING and 90-day no question returns): Running Warehouse US ➡ https://bit.ly/RUNNING-WAREHOUSE Running Warehouse EU ➡ https://bit.ly/RUNNING-WAREHOUSE-EU We run legit miles in our shoes and provide honest, no BS reviews of running shoes, running gear, and running races.