Hoka Kaha 2 Frost Moc GTX gets an icy Washed Blue colorway for winter camp season

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Hoka’s most insulated slip-on has a new color for winter camp season. The Kaha 2 Frost Moc GTX is on sale now in Washed Blue, an icy grey-blue over a tan sole, in men’s and women’s sizes at the model’s $200 list price. The shoe underneath doesn’t change at all. The color is the drop, and it lands as campsites and ski towns head into the coldest stretch of the year.

Everything that made the shoe sell carries over. The quilted upper, the fleece collar, the 300 grams of insulation, and the hiking sole all stay exactly where they were.

Price: $200
Where to buy: Hoka

Icy blue over a tan sole

Washed Blue runs a pale, frozen tone across the quilted ripstop, with a slight sheen that shifts as the light moves. The stretch-fleece collar comes in a softer pastel version of the same blue. Underneath sits the tan bottom unit Hoka calls Barley Flour, a warm contrast against the cold upper. A grey-blue TPU film wraps the toe with a faint marbled pattern, and the HOKA wordmark is embossed tone-on-tone into the quilting instead of printed on.

The heel strap carries a small snowflake mark, and GORE-TEX tabs ride on both sides of the heel. The only bright note on the whole shoe is a small red PrimaLoft tab at the back. Pull loops front and back finish the upper.

Rated for deep cold

Warmth is the whole design brief. Hoka rates the shoe to -32°C (-25.6°F), and the insulation stacks to 300 grams in total. The quilted panels pack 100 grams of PrimaLoft Black, and the waterproof GORE-TEX membrane carries 200 grams of insulation of its own, so the barrier against wet snow is also a layer of warmth. A water-repellent finish sheds slush before it soaks in. It’s built for standing around a camp stove in January.

The materials lean recycled. The ripstop upper is 91% recycled polyester, and the stretch-fleece collar runs 35% recycled polyester, so the soft parts carry recycled content too.

A hiker’s sole under a slipper

Underfoot it’s the full Kaha 2 platform, the plush bottom unit from Hoka’s hiking line. A dual-density CMEVA midsole does the cushioning, and the Hubble Heel with SwallowTail geometry shapes the back of the sole, extending the heel so landings roll forward instead of slapping down. On frozen ground around camp, that geometry is the difference between a steady step and a jarred ankle.

The drop measures 8mm from heel to toe. Weights stay low for an insulated shoe: 464 grams for the men’s version and 375 grams for the women’s, per Hoka’s listings.

Grip comes from a Vibram Megagrip outsole with Traction Lug, and the lugs run 5mm deep. That’s real hiking tread, the kind that bites packed snow and ice, rather than the flat rubber under most camp slippers. Fit is a slip-on with help: a quick-lace toggle on a recycled bungee cord snugs the collar down over thick socks, and the toggle adjusts easily with gloves on, a detail Hoka calls out in its own description of the shoe.

Then the pair kicks off at the tent door in one motion. No laces to freeze, no boots to unlatch by headlamp.

One shoe, several lives

The Frost Moc has been on sale since last winter, and it keeps picking up new versions. Hoka sells a Halfdays collaboration build at $210, made with the ski label in Oat Milk and Amethyst colorways, on sale globally since November 14. Japan got its own exclusive new color this month as well, River Rock Gray over Varsity Navy. Washed Blue is the version for the standard line, and it’s the strongest color the shoe has worn.

Next to it in the range sits the taller Kaha 2 Frost boot, a 575-gram hiker on the same 8mm drop. The Moc trades the boot’s height for a fleece collar and 111 fewer grams.

US retailers carry the standard shoe at the same $200 list. Dick’s lists the men’s pair in this same Washed Blue with a Drizzle accent color, which makes the new color a retail launch and not a Hoka-site exclusive. REI stocks the men’s shoe in black. Hoka’s own store flags Washed Blue as a New Colour arrival on both the men’s and women’s listings, each showing two colors.

Earlier colorways cost less on Amazon

If the new blue doesn’t move you, Amazon sells the Kaha 2 Frost Moc GTX in the earlier colorways under list price. Same insulation stack, same Vibram sole, same shoe in quieter colors.

Price: $179.99
Where to buy: Amazon

Price: $159
Where to buy: Amazon

Men’s pairs start at $179.99 in Antique Olive and Spruce, which is $20.01 under list. Women’s pairs start at $159, a full $41 under. The Washed Blue pair costs the whole $200 because it just landed, and fresh colors of this shoe hold list the longest. Buyers who want the discount give up the blue. Buyers who want the blue pay for it.

For tent mornings, après-ski walks back to the lodge, school runs on icy sidewalks, and the dog walk before coffee, the Frost Moc was already the easy pick in Hoka’s winter line. It slips on, it grips, and it stays warm to -32°C.

Washed Blue just makes it the best-looking version of that shoe. It’s on sale now at Hoka in men’s and women’s sizes.

Price: $200
Where to buy: Hoka

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