1) “…Colorado Rockies and they were slowed down quite a bit while sidehilling as there was less support from the sandal than even the lightest weight hiker.. Also, they slipped worse on the snowfields we passed.”
2) “…but they don't fly so fast on anything with varying slopes or pass the slippery test very well.”
3) “…they would be not that great balancing on slippery rocks”
4) “..even when beach hopping and the sand abrasion on the beach would make them useless for any distance on sand.”
They definitely had the wrong sandal. All this stuff is where a cinched tight Teva Tera Fi2 sandal with coolmax (or wool) socks excels. A lot of my backpacking has been in the conditions you described. I am very impressed with these types of Teva’s with sand, mountains, wet granite, etc.
Joe Valesko has some cool sandal picks in snowy CO: from
http://www.zpacks.com/about.shtmlDecked out and ready for snow:
http://picasaweb.google.com/valesko/CDT_4_Colorado#5407827163716694786Blizzard:
http://picasaweb.google.com/valesko/CDT_4_Colorado#5407840797992793810-Barry
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