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What’s So Great About Snowshoeing? The sport is easy to learn, virtually inexpensive (compared to other winter sports), poses little risk of injury and is a great way to exert energy during the cold winter months. According to research provided by Snowsports Industries America, 40.8 percent of snowshoers are women (a number that is increasing [...] Over the last few years, there has been tremendous growth in snowshoeing, with participation up 43% from 2006 to 2009, according to the latest SIA Intelligence Report. This growth reflects a shift toward affordable, healthy recreational activity. Did You Know… 46% of snowshoers are women 12% of snowshoers are children aged 7-17 55% of snowshoers [...] As an avid snowshoer I know how important gaiters are to keeping snow from slipping in-between your pants and the top of your boots. Snow gaiters can keep both your pants and feet dry when you snowshoe in the deep stuff. Gaiters for snowshoeing are usually longer than hiking gaiters and typically extend up near [...] Polk County Conservation (Iowa) has an education program that includes teaching people the basics of snowshoeing. If you have a similar task you would be well served to start with their lesson plan and modify it to fit your audience and purposes The goal is to teach students how to snowshoe with four objectives: Students [...] Carl Heilman, one of the Adirondack’s most famous photographers, has a good snowshoe reference. The web site consists of ten pages corresponding to 10 slides of a presentation. Snowshoe types including: aerobic or fitness, recreational, mountaineering Snowshoe styles Snowshoe performance factors: traction, hinge design, bindings Snowshoe tips and techniques The slides present a framework but [...] Colin Fletcher said, “Snowshoes allow you to travel (sweating hard, but sinking less than a foot at every step) across snow into which you would otherwise go on sinking forever if God had not arranged that human legs eventually converge.” From: The Complete Walker IV. Snowshoes date to the shoe ski created in Central Asia [...] A study entitled “Risk assessment in winter backcountry travel” appearing in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 2009 Fall, concluded snowshoers and snowmobilers are groups that tend to underestimate avalanche danger when traveling in the back country. These groups may be unknowingly assuming a higher risk and should be targeted for avalanche education and awareness. The purpose [...] The Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) will host a Family Snowshoe Day on Saturday, Feb. 12. Participants will spend the day snowshoeing on the trails of ADK’s Heart Lake Property, Lake Placid. The club will provide snowshoes and instruction for a guided hike around their property, as well as sharing bits of natural history including animal [...] God forbidden one fall down in the snow, unable to get up and have to wait for rescue. If that is the case it is best to be attired in bright clothing. Follow our occasional Tweets @WinterCampers Snowshoe Magazine is located in Denver, Colorado and promotes the growth of the sport of snowshoeing by bringing snowshoeing to a mainstream audience, plucking people from their couches and placing them in snowshoes, and providing a reliable resource. They provide PDFs of how-to articles and trail reviews. A useful article to check out is Snowshoeing [...] |
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