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14 degree snowshoe hike today
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<blockquote data-quote="ofbandg" data-source="post: 1574337" data-attributes="member: 91402"><p>I have both an old pair of 10 x 56 wood and rawhide and new pair (five years) of the more modern design, aluminum and fibre - with different length extensions. I used those old ones happily for years and found them superior in fluffy snow where no trails existed. Flotation and the rat tail were the good points. I, too, am a 200 plus pounder and I need big shoes and the long rat tail helps keep the shoes from twisting as you walk. The new styles are best in hard snow or when walking in timber. They turn easier and have good "claws" to keeps you from sliding. I'm glad to see you use ski poles. I have been using them for years as well and in the beginning I was teased because it wasn't traditional, now almost everyone uses them. The first snowshoes I ever used were issued by the army and they were fibreglass with (aluminum?) webbing and they were almost bear paw in width, were very heavy, and had almost no upsweep on the front so they scooped snow in and hung up as you walked in a straddle legged spread to keep from overlapping them. Going any distance carrying a heavy load in this manner was misery and it ruined a lot of guy's desire for future recreational snow shoeing. Fortunately I got curious when I saw a set of the long narrow snow shoes in a trapper supply store about forty years ago and tried them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ofbandg, post: 1574337, member: 91402"] I have both an old pair of 10 x 56 wood and rawhide and new pair (five years) of the more modern design, aluminum and fibre - with different length extensions. I used those old ones happily for years and found them superior in fluffy snow where no trails existed. Flotation and the rat tail were the good points. I, too, am a 200 plus pounder and I need big shoes and the long rat tail helps keep the shoes from twisting as you walk. The new styles are best in hard snow or when walking in timber. They turn easier and have good "claws" to keeps you from sliding. I'm glad to see you use ski poles. I have been using them for years as well and in the beginning I was teased because it wasn't traditional, now almost everyone uses them. The first snowshoes I ever used were issued by the army and they were fibreglass with (aluminum?) webbing and they were almost bear paw in width, were very heavy, and had almost no upsweep on the front so they scooped snow in and hung up as you walked in a straddle legged spread to keep from overlapping them. Going any distance carrying a heavy load in this manner was misery and it ruined a lot of guy's desire for future recreational snow shoeing. Fortunately I got curious when I saw a set of the long narrow snow shoes in a trapper supply store about forty years ago and tried them. [/QUOTE]
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