Snowshoeing

[Ben Egbert]

I rented snowshoes last Feb and tried my first and last snowshoe trip. As you can see from the bent poles, I fell a few times and bent the poles trying to get back up with a heavy backpack. I also tore something in my right shoulder which has caused persistent pain for which I think and operation will be required.

Anyway, it is a form of transportation. Just a whimsical post.

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[AlanLichty]

I used to use a pair to stomp out paths in my back yard in Salt Lake City and fill bird feeders. Only used them once up near Mt. St. Helens since I moved to the NW. A very peaceful way to trek around the woods if you can get away from the snowmobilers.

 

[ckcarr]

Works great until you topple sideways and end up upside down in deep powder. But, it's like anything, takes some practice to become competent, which I never did. They just sit in my garage. I wish I had that ability to snowshoe 10-15 miles in somewhere, I think there could be some good pictures.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Works great until you topple sideways and end up upside down in deep powder. But, it's like anything, takes some practice to become competent, which I never did. They just sit in my garage. I wish I had that ability to snowshoe 10-15 miles in somewhere, I think there could be some good pictures.

That was my plan, all the good places around here are closed in winter, so I planned to snowshoe into a place with a good view of Mt Timpanogos. They groom the highway for snowboards, snowshoes and cross country. I went up that road until I found a moose sprawled over the entire road, and not looking like it was going to move. I kept stepping on the shoes with my 45 degree foot angle.

 

[AlanLichty]

Works great until you topple sideways and end up upside down in deep powder. But, it's like anything, takes some practice to become competent, which I never did. They just sit in my garage. I wish I had that ability to snowshoe 10-15 miles in somewhere, I think there could be some good pictures.

I did something like that the first time I tried snowshoeing in the Uintas. Happily this was long before the days of ubiquitous phone cameras and YouTube so I got to untangle myself on my own terms. It does get a lot easier with practice.