You don’t want water resistance, you want fast drainage. With decent socks, you’ll do way better. If you get water in your water resistant boots, you’ll have we

You don’t want water resistance, you want fast drainage. With decent socks, you’ll do way better. If you get water in your water resistant boots, you’ll have wet feet the rest of the way. If you’re on ice, regular hiking boots aren’t going to be any better than anything else, and you can slap yaktrax on sneakers, too. If you need crampons, you’re out of hiking boot territory already anyway.