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As you can see in the attached photo, I have gotten a lot of good use out of my old Sorel boots over the past 30+ years (battered gray boot on right), and their Vibram lug sole pattern provides excellent traction in virtually all snow and ice conditions that I have encountered in the midwest and the Colorado mountains. The uppers were getting to be pretty worn, so I decided to buy a replacement pair. Sorel apparently doesn't make the Vibram lug pattern sole anymore, so I ordered the Sorel Men's Caribou Wool Boot,Burro, 9.5 M which only comes with their hobnail sole pattern (brown boot on left). Nice looking, fits well, is very comfortable and warm, and I can snow shoe all day in them. BUT, I agree with PJC that they are "Definitely not good on ice or ground covered with a light cover of snow". The new hobnail sole pattern affords virtually no traction, which I quickly realized and have relied on my old gray beaters and a new pair of Men's Kamik® Alborg WATERPROOF Pac Boots, Tan that I have recently purchased, both of which have a lug sole pattern with excellent traction. I am writing this review after mistakenly wearing my new hobnail Sorels to walk the dog early this morning, encountered a patch of packed snow covered by a light layer of fresh snow and suddenly had both feet slip out from underneath me to land flat on my back.