GoreTex has to be clean to work properly and I just don't see how that's possible in footwear unless you're always hiking on a pristine sidewalk.

That being said, I have a pair of GTX Solomons and they do have their niche. Used with WPB gaiters they keep my feet reasonably dry in light rain and through slush. I even use them for snowshoeing on "Sierra Concrete" when I know I won't sink in.

I said "reasonably dry" because sweat builds up inside the shoe. I'm not sure how well they breathe, if at all. Maybe a simple plastic liner would fare just as well. And the seams leak a bit. But under certain conditions I'm better off wearing them than than non WPB trailrunners.