Farm to Feet Outdoor Trail Socks

Review by Erin Trail

Farm to Feet is a 100% American produced and manufactured brand of socks that both feel good on your feet and feel good to support. These socks use merino wool from American-raised sheep.  The fibers are spun into yarn in South Carolina and North Carolina, and then the yarn is knit into socks at the Farm to Feet sustainability-focused manufacturing facility in Mt. Airy, NC.  From a production stand-point, Farm to Feet ticks all the boxes for me.  But how are the socks?

Remember when getting new socks as a kid was the worst thing ever? I don’t exactly know what’s changed, but I LOVE new sock day as an adult. I’ve been spending a LOT of time on dirt this winter and spring with mountain biking, gravel riding, and trail running.  My sock collection needed a refresh and I was excited to try out a few of the Farm to Feet Outdoor Trail socks.  I got the Outdoor Trail socks with the Greensboro Light Cushion in the 1/4 crew and 3/4 crew sock lengths.

Straight out of the packaging, it was apparent how soft and cushy these socks are.  The Farm to Feet Outdoor Trail socks come in a variety of cushion options.  I wanted socks that could play double-duty for both trail running and cycling, so I wanted a sock with a lower volume.  While the Greensboro option of the Outdoor Trail socks say light cushion, I find the cushion level to be more than other “light” cushion socks.  The bottoms of the socks are thicker than the uppers, but don’t take up a lot of volume in tight-fitting shoes.

I’ve been wearing the Outdoor Trail socks for three weeks, almost exclusively for all of my sportsing activities: trail running, hiking, mountain bike riding, gravel riding, and lifting weights. I’ve been on snowy/slushy trail runs, crazy muddy hikes, colder gravel rides and warm MTB rides. During all of these activities, the socks have performed great.  In slushy-wet conditions, my feet stayed warm and didn’t get blisters.  During warmer runs and bike rides, my feet didn’t feel hot or clammy.  And during more intense runs, the socks stayed put and remained comfy.

Since the Farm to Feet Outdoor Trail socks are made from 51% merino wool, they are naturally odor- and bacteria-resistant.  I’ve worn the socks multiple days in a row and I can validate these qualities.  I also had a few VERY muddy runs and rides.  I brushed off the dry mud, washed the socks, and they’re as good as new.  From a wear standpoint, I have noticed that I am getting mild pilling around the heel (a high wear area).  I don’t expect this to inhibit performance, and frankly, most socks start to pill in this area after use.

I like the Farm to Feet Outdoor Trail Greensboro 1/4 Crew option for running in my road shoes, for gym work, or for wearing with casual sneakers.  This sock height hits right above the ankle bone for me, providing enough coverage around my ankle and Achilles to protect my foot from any shoe abrasions.  For more technical or dirty activities, like mountain or gravel cycling, or trail running, I like the Farm to Feet Outdoor Trail Greensboro 3/4 Crew option.  This option hits me mid-calf and is great for trail shoes with a built in ankle cuff or for protecting your lower shins from pedal strikes and dirt.

Erin Trail

Erin Trail’s hobby is collecting hobbies. She’s a 5th Generation Coloradan and grew up exploring the outdoors on family camping trips and hikes.  Her first backpacking trip was at eight years old to Grizzly Reservoir – she proudly carried all of her own gear those 3 miles from the main parking lot to the Reservoir.

Erin is an adult-onset athlete who started as a Masters Swimmer and then developed into a triathlete.  She completed 5 Ironman races and nearly 20 x 70.3 distance Ironman races, including the World Championship in Lahti, Finland, in 2023.  Somewhere along her triathlon journey, she picked up a deep love of cycling.

Cycling encouraged her to see landscapes in a new way, learn new skills and to develop self reliance; now she often goes and does Type 2 rides just to see if she can do it.  She’s got all the bikes: gravel, mountain, fat bike, time trial and road.

She is even known to combine her love of camping and cycling and go off on solo 24 hour overnight bikepacking trips in the mountains of Colorado. In addition to bikes, she teaches yoga, lifts weights, skis, SUPs and has recently purchased a campervan.

Erin is a former Montana park ranger with a degree in environmental engineering.  She loves getting into technical details while putting her gear (and herself) through the paces. She shares her home in Colorado with her husband, Will, and her 3 cats (Zipper, Brewtus, and Simcoe).

2025 brings some exciting things.  Erin has qualified to be on Team USA for USA Triathlon and will be competing in a World Championship off-road triathlon in Pontevedra, Spain in June. To prepare for this event, she’s got several mountain bike races and training weekends planned in the months leading up to the big day.  Additionally, she’s racing Ironman Boise 70.3 in July.  Once her race schedule closes out in July, she’ll be moving to more adventure based activities (bikepacking, vanlife, and mountain bike festivals).

When not adventuring, she can be found on a sunny patio somewhere, drinking beers with her husband.