GENESIS 2 GORE-TEX
GENESIS 2 GORE-TEX adapts the redesigned trail platform for wet, rocky, and mixed terrain. A fully integrated activeCHASSIS and wider midsole base increase stability while preserving natural movement. The lighter, durable Matryx upper pairs with a GORE-TEX membrane for waterproof protection, while optiFOAM cushions the foot and revised All-Terrain contaGRIP lug geometry supports traction through changing conditions.
- Intended uses:
- Trail
Specs
Among 865 listed shoes, this is a heavier Trail
- Weight
- 291g
- Of 811 known values: 564 lower, 4 equal, 243 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- heavierUpper 30.5%, including ties / average +24g
- Drop
- 8mm
- Of 815 known values: 409 lower, 237 equal, 169 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard64.7th percentile (tie midpoint) / average +1.2mm
- Stack height (heel/forefoot)
- 33.5 / 25.5mm
- Of 694 known values: 269 lower, 6 equal, 419 higher. The marker uses the midpoint of equal values.
- Standard39.2th percentile (tie midpoint) / average -1.2mm
- Carbon plate
- No
- 83% of 786 known models have no carbon plates
- Midsole
- optiFOAM
- Outsole
- All-Terrain contaGRIP
- Reference price
- $170
- US price
Weight measurement and plate details
- Weight note
- Per-unit weight from the exact Salomon Canada official page. Men's GENESIS 2 GTX article L49301900 was verified in the normal browser.
- Plate note
- Salomon US men's and women's exact product pages give detailed construction specifications including activeCHASSIS, optiFOAM, All-Terrain contaGRIP, and GORE-TEX, with no carbon structure identified. Under the current classification policy, carbon_plate is false.
Changes from the previous model
A comparison with the registered values for Salomon GENESIS GORE-TEX.
In the registered data, weight is 10g lighter at 291g, heel stack is 0.5mm lower at 33.5mm, and forefoot stack is 0.5mm lower at 25.5mm.
These are differences between registered values, not a controlled comparison at the same size and measurement conditions. See the notes below the specs for weight conditions.
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Comparison: All data (865 shoes)
Position map
Weight x stack height
registered average: 265g / 34.7mm (686 shoes)
The scatter plot includes only shoes with both weight and stack height registered.
Spec distributions
Weight
This shoe 291g·registered average 267g (811 shoes)
Drop
This shoe 8mm·registered average 6.8mm (815 shoes)
Stack height
This shoe 33.5mm·registered average 34.7mm (694 shoes)
Items with missing numeric values are excluded. Sample sizes and measurement conditions vary between models; this distribution is not a performance ranking.