Who or what are you trying to sneak up on?

Unless it is really loud, loud enough to distract or mask the surrounding noise level, I wouldn't worry about it. The woods aren't all that quiet. The idea you should make no noise is simply false.

Even sneaking up on people in a military situation it is more about the kind of noise than the perceived loudness. The slight tinkling of a keychain can alert every deer and human within a hundred yards.

Breaking glass is automatically associated with alarm for humans. Screaming fire is not as effective in raising alarm as breaking glass.

Walking through dried leaves may sound louder and more obvious but the sound blends with the other sounds in the woods. A person even ten yards away may very well not hear it simply because it blends into the background. And ten yards is usually too close. On the other hand a snapping twig is a sound universally associated with something heavy enough to snap it.