Reddit reviews WILDERNESS SNOWSHOE 36
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The innovative and biomechanical aluminum Fit-Step frame, designed with a slightly upturned, rounded tail, reduces muscular skeletal impact on hip, knee and ankle joints by 10%.The Rotating Toe Cord design enables the tail of the snowshoe to drop, shedding snow and reducing cardio-respiratory strain by 7%, while a Rotation Limiter prevents over-rotationOur most robust 180 Series binding, the gender-specific 180Pro features extended rigid Control Wings, a locking heel strap and a contoured, padded upper for pressure-free comfort and added warmth.The carbon steel Cobra toe crampon located under the ball of the foot provides constant contact in variable snow conditions, while its jagged tooth construction improves grip on packed snow and ice.178
Snowshoes are something that you strap on over your shoes. They increase your footprint and allow you to walk on the snow without sinking as much as you would with regular shoes.
My house backs up to an old abandoned mining property (~500 acres of greenbelt basically). Starting from my house, I have a trail that heads into that greenbelt. Where I live, once it snows, the snow is there for the winter. Once we got to about 6", I started my trail. Since I know the trail isn't going to disappear, I've only been adding to it 100-200 feet at a time, every couple days. Right now, it's a little over a mile long.
I could make the trail longer, and I did last year, but I wanted to make this trail ~5 snowshoes wide so that my wife and I can walk side-by-side.
Making the trail consists of putting on my snowshoes, calling for the dog to join me, grabbing an axe (more for protection from moose, but occasionally I chop a small tree down), and heading out on the existing trail. Once I get to the end of the trail, I pick my direction and start making a winding trail through the trees. I make the trail by picking my snowshoe up, eyeballing about half the length of the snowshoe, and stomping down to pack it as much as I can. I repeat this until I've gone five snowshoe widths and then go forward. When I get to a stopping point, I pack down a big 10' circle then turn around.
The reason for the circle is just in case it snows a bunch, I may have trouble finding my trail, but if I have a circle every 100-200 feet, I can connect the dots.