In reply to Duncan Beard:
Put the gaiters on, or at least the bottom of them including the lace hook, before you do up your laces and then close the gaiter afterwards. I say this because I found the same problem going from Nepals to Trangos this season with the same gaiter. I have the same size feet and same gaiters, albeit in Large. Previously I used to put my Nepals on and then my gaiters but this didn't work with the Trangos, as I couldn't get the lace hook under the laces.
I'm more concerned with the durability of the leather lace guides on the Trangos, when I tighten up the laces the leather looks as if it might get cheesewired right through although there is no sign of this happening, it just looks like there should be some metal or plastic in there somewhere.