Snowshoe Tips from All Mountain Sports
Kids and Winter Mountain Sports
This article caught out attention in the Winter 2009 Issue of Wilderness Medicine Magazine. Winter doesn’t have to be a stay-at-home season. There are plenty of opportunities to get your kids into the outdoors. With some basic equipment, reading, lessons and tapping into your own experiences, you can equip your kids and give them skills to participate... [Read more of this review]
Snowshoeing Technique Basics
Snowshoeing technique is essentially as easy as walking. On flat ground, or on a slope that is mild to moderate, all you have to do is put one foot in front of the other and go. Scott at eSnowshoes.com in Colorado says, “If you can walk, you can snowshoe and after your first three steps, your already an intermediate snowshoer!” The greatest... [Read more of this review]
Factors on Snowshoe Size
As you probably know there are hundreds of different snowshoes available today. With all those choices come different sizes as well. So why do they make so many different sizes? It’s a personal thing. Determining the size of your snowshoes depends on your weight, how you plan to use them, what you plan to carry and what kind of snow you will be... [Read more of this review]
Why Do Snowshoes Have Different Shapes?
Snowshoes have made a lot of progress since the old days! Traditionally, snowshoes were large and oval, but now the size has been reduced and the shapes are more streamlined, but still the snowshoes all have very different shapes. There are two main shapes of snowshoes: Rounded Tails Pointed Tails So what’s the difference? The rounded tails... [Read more of this review]
The Snowshoeing Fitness Dividend
Snowshoeing at any level is good for your body. At its most fundamental, this low-impact activity also boasts an injury rate so low that injuries are not even an issue. Spills tend to be gentle, and because every step and stride is different, muscles and joints are not even susceptible to the kind of overuse or repetitive motion problems that plague... [Read more of this review]
Snowshoeing: How Far? How Fast?
When you begin planning your first snowshoe outing, how do you select a trail to match your stamina and ability? Experience is the best way, but if you don’t have a lot of Backcountry experience, you can tap into the knowledge of someone who has. If you are new to winter walking or hiking, you can sign up for an introductory program at an outdoor... [Read more of this review]
Snowshoeing Clothing Basics
Dress in layers and be prepared to shed or add layers if you heat up or cool down or if the weather changes abruptly, as it often does in Colorado’s high country. Thermal underwear, windproof pants, an insulating layer of synthetic fleece or wool and a windproof and water-repellent shell jacket are the basic components of a layering system. Some... [Read more of this review]
Snowshoeing Equipment Basics
The typical modern snowshoe consists of a lightweight aluminum frame with a platform made of a durable, forgiving fabric for flotation on the snow, a binding that affixes your foot to the snowshoe and a mechanism that allows the foot to move in a natural, free-heel stride, so that your gait is close to your normal walking or running motion. Snowshoes... [Read more of this review]
