Normally I hike in trail runners, the ones I am using now are mostly mesh. Tomorrow I am going to start a 3 day trip from Dickey's Gap to Damascus. I talked to Lone Wolf and he reported about8 inches of snow on top of Mt Rogers, which probably means decent snow for about half of the 50 mile hike. My normal wool sock/trail runner combo might not be up to this challenge. Any Ideas? I don't think I can break in boots fast enough, (less then 13 hours) so goretex socks? Buy boots anyway, and prepare for blisters? Any suggestions will be helpful