The invention discloses a novel labor-saving climbing shoe comprising a vamp and a shoe sole, wherein the vamp is provided with an accommodation groove, a supporting frame is arranged in the accommodation groove, a power assisting device, a switching device and a clamping device are installed on the supporting frame, the power assisting device is telescopically connected to a bottom surface of the shoe sole between a shoe half sole position and a heelpiece position in a switching manner through the switching device, an axle hole is formed in a mounting plate of the switching device, the mounting plate is connected with the axle hole through a bearing to be rotationally connected to a side plate of the supporting frame, a rocker arm extends from the upper bottom surface of the mounting plate, the clamping device is a spring cotter, the spring cotter props against a front clamping groove, a round groove and a back clamping groove formed in the rocker arm, therefore the switching device keeps forward inclination, backward inclination or balance, and an upward propping column is arranged on a bottom plate of the supporting frame. The invention aims at providing a novel labor-saving climbing shoe, which has a power assisting device that can be switched front and back, is convenient to switch, simple to operate and is excellent in buffering effect, and the climbing shoe can play an assisting role during uphill and downhill.