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Tips on Teaching Kids How to Snowshoe
Winter is a great time to get outside and enjoy the fresh air and snow. Snowshoeing is a fun and easy activity that the whole family can enjoy, especially the little ones. All you need is a...
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10 Popular Things to Do While Snowshoeing
Snowshoeing is a captivating winter activity that opens up a world of adventure and exploration in snowy landscapes. As you strap on your snowshoes and make your way through glistening trai...
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Snowshoeing Canada - Where To Go and What To See
Canada has incredible opportunities for winter enthusiasts, especially for those who love to snowshoe. We have many blogs about Canada, but here we have them all in one place for you to look through a...
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How to Snowshoe with Your Dog
Snowshoeing with your dog can be a fun and exciting way to explore the great outdoors together. Not only will it provide some much-needed exercise and mental stimulation for your furry friend, but...
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8 Family Fun Winter Activities
Winter can be a fun and exciting time for families, with plenty of activities to enjoy together. The season can also leave you feeling cooped up inside your home, especially during those below zero...
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How to Spend A Snow Day
A snow day can be a magical thing – a chance to relax, have some fun, and enjoy the beauty of a snowy landscape. But if you're not prepared, it can also be a day of boredom and frustration. From we...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Vermont
Bordering Canada, Vermont is in the heart of snowshoeing country in the Northeast United States. The entire state is covered in beautiful rolling hills and mountains meaning traction can be a ne...
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5 Best Places to Snowshoe in Canada
Hands down, Canada provides the most amazing routes for snowshoeing. When it comes to locations for a Canadian vacation focused on snowshoeing, you have several options. You may find recommendation...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Italy
One of the best ways to keep in shape through the winter and enjoy some of the best views is to go snowshoeing. This sport is similar to hiking, but just in the snow and using the appropriate gear...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Austria
As you might guess, there are a number of excellent snowshoeing trails in Austria, and they will vary in terms of their degree of difficulty, the length of the trail, and their location in the...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in France
Not every great outdoor adventure requires a death-defying adrenaline rush. Snowshoeing is an outdoor adventure that will call upon your physical strength in a calm and environmentally non-intrusiv...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Finland
Grab a pair of lightweight snowshoes and venture Finland - one of the most scenic countries in the world, so imagine the floors during winter. The snow-covered forests, marshes, and fells of F...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Japan
Snowshoeing has become one of wintertime's most fun and fascinating sports. Whether you prefer to push your limits on difficult trails and paths, or you would rather take it easy at a nice, leisure...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Germany
If you are looking for peaceful outdoor adventures this winter, why not consider snowshoeing? Snowshoeing is a great way to get out in nature, meet new people, and see some of the most beautiful pl...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Greenland
dIf you’ve never been snowshoeing than you've missed out on some scenery that can’t be seen by any other mode of transportation. Walking in the pristine snow with signs of no other hikers and makin...
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Snowshoeing With Your Dog
Is there anything better than bringing your best (four-legged) buddy snowshoeing with you? The short answer’s no. But hitting the winter trails or cross-country circuits with your dog takes some re...
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How Do You Use An Avalanche Probe?
If you plan on going skiing, snowboarding, or snowshoeing in the near future, you need to make sure that you place safety first. In addition to wearing the right clothing and footwear, it is also e...
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What to Wear While Snowshoeing: Layering
Winter is going to be here before you know it, so there’s no better time to start getting your list ready for the layers you’re going to need to wear on your snowshoeing trips. Winter hats, socks,...
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3 Tips on Snowshoeing in Spring Conditions
What's not to like about this simple pleasure Snowshoeing in spring is a wonderful thing and if you're new to the idea then welcome to the best time to get outside and enjoy yourself in the snow....
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Snowshoe Mountaineering
Snowshoes are fantastic accessories for the mountains: They provide welcome assistance to climbers navigating their way to technical routes and could be the only footwear necessary for general, non...
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Best Places to Snowshoe In Michigans UP
Spectacular Great Lakes coastlines, Midwestern wilderness of the rawest kind, abundant and visible wildlife—oh, and some of the most snow-clobbered terrain in the country: The Upper Peninsula (U.P....
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Lower Michigan
Lower Michigan may not be quite the vast snow kingdom that the UP becomes in winter, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a stellar place to strap on your Crescent Moon foam snowshoes. With many out...
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Best Places To Snowshoe in Alaska
If you are looking for the best places to snowshoe, you know that Alaska should not be missed. The weather throughout the year makes this one of the most beautiful places in the world for those who...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Idaho
From the Northern Rocky Mountains to the edge of the Great Basin’s sagebrush sea, from the brink of Hells Canyon to the western ramparts of the Yellowstone Plateau, Idaho tempts outdoor lovers all...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Oregon
Few states pack in as much sheer scenic variety as Oregon, and snowshoeing here is top-notch. The Oregon landscape ranges from sagebrush steppe and greasewood desert to temperate rainforest and oak...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Wisconsin
From the prairies and oak savannas of the south to the great “North Woods,” Wisconsin tempts snowshoers with wonderfully varied Upper Midwestern landscapes—and, maybe, needless to say, quite a bit...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Montana
Big Sky Country happens to be primo snowshoeing country, too. Montana’s world-famous scenery—which ranges from the boundless prairie and fossil-jammed badlands to spectacular Rocky Mountain heights...
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Best Places to Snowshoe In Wyoming
Wyoming’s wide-open spaces encompass a superabundance of world-class mountain ranges, some of the nation’s largest and most varied populations of big mammals, and—not least because of an average el...
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How to Run in Snowshoes
Even if you’re a dedicated snowshoer—or a dedicated road and trail runner—you may or may not be aware of the booming popularity of snowshoe running. Whether you’re looking to compete in organized r...
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Great Snowshoe Treks in US National Parks
If you are looking for the top places in the country to go snowshoeing, then look no further than national parks. National parks are protected areas in the United States that are perfect for everyo...
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Why Wear Snowshoes?
When it comes to snowshoeing, many people look at snowshoes for the first time and realize they are shaped oddly. They don’t look like shoes, but they also don’t look like skis? Why are they design...
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Should You Sink Deep in Snowshoes?
The morning is crisp, the air is so clean and clear you feel like you can see forever into the blue sky and the deep woods, but you go out to adventure and sink right down into the powder. No problem,...
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What Pants Should Be Worn for Snowshoeing?
When it comes to a day spent snowshoeing, everyone needs to plan accordingly. While everyone likes to focus on the shoes, it is also essential to wear the right pants. Many people don’t realize the...
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Tracking Wildlife While Snowshoeing
One of the great pleasures of snowshoeing is the chance to see the tracks and traces of wildlife while out on a trek. A snowy landscape offers the best overall conditions for seeing an animal sign....
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How Much Snow do you Need to Snowshoe?
Snowshoeing is a great way to experience everything the outdoors have to offer, particularly during the winter. During the late part of the fall and early part of spring, people might look outside,...
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Snowshoe Tips and Techniques
One of the absolute joys of snowshoeing is the accessibility and simplicity of the pastime: As the old (and sturdy) saying goes, if you can walk, you can snowshoe. Snowshoeing is an all-age type of...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Ontario, Canada
Mighty winter snowfall and an excellent network of parks and trails make Ontario a fabulous destination to snowshoe: one of North America’s best. Floating along in your Crescent Moon snowshoes, you...
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Best Places to Snowshoe In British Columbia
If you are looking for new areas to explore while snowshoeing, you need to look at the area around British Columbia. Vancouver is one of the top places in the world to go snowshoeing; however, the...
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Incredible Winter Views to Reach on Snowshoes in Canada
It can’t be an exaggeration to say that Canada boasts some of the world’s most spectacular wintertime scenery. After all, this is a northern country with no shortage of the white stuff, stunning mo...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Manitoba, Canada
Manitoba’s huge province covers not just a lot of ground, but a lot of tremendously varied ground: prairies and broadleaf woods, seemingly endless boreal forest, granite uplands, and countless lake...
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Six Incredible Winter Views to Reach on Snowshoes in the United States
We may be a little biased, but the winter season serves up the finest scenery of all in North America if you ask us. Whether skyscraping peaks frosted in the sunshine, deep-drifted forests, or ice-...
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Take a Hike - Snow or No Snowshoes!
Hiking is the no-snow, warm weather version of snowshoeing, and vice versa of course. The American Hiking Society has a great site to visit and find out more about hiking, which in the winter, we l...
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How To Stay On The Map With or Without Snowshoes
It’s fall and there are just a few days left before the first big snowstorms arrive. It’s your last opportunity to get in a few hikes to see the fall colors before the change of season. Most snowsh...
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Trail Etiquette When Snowshoeing
There is so much to enjoy when it comes to snowshoeing. However, as with any activity, there are a few rules—in this case, trail etiquette—that you should always keep in mind. Some apply to the peo...
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Springtime Snowshoeing - Best Places and Better Deals
Springtime is perhaps the best time to break out your snowshoes and snowshoeing equipment. Solitude on snowshoes – Head to your favorite resort this spring! With long, warm days and most ski ar...
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What is the attraction to Snowshoeing?
Snowshoeing is one of the fastest growing and most popular winter outdoor activities in North America and Europe, according to information recently published by Snowsports Industries of America (SI...
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What is the best entry level snowshoe on the market?
Eva foam snowshoes are certainly the most unique offering in the category and may be the best entry level snowshoe on the market because it is the only one that doesn’t require, or rely upon a pivo...
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Do Snowshoes Have a Left and Right?
When buying snowshoes, it can be common to wonder if there is a left and right snowshoes just like with other footwear. If you purchase universal snowshoes, both snowshoes will fit on either your l...
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Is snowshoeing good exercise?
If you want to stay in shape this winter, consider snowshoeing. Snowshoeing is an impressive workout that can burn about 500 calories an hour. This is about twice as many as walking and about the s...
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Best Places to Snowshoe in Colorado
Colorado is one of the most beautiful states in the country. It is known for its clean air, gorgeous outdoors, and ample access to mountains, hiking trails, kayaking, and more. One of the most popu...
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What Size Snowshoes Do I Get?
Getting the right snowshoe size will make all the difference in your experience. Just like with other outdoor equipment, snowshoes can be designed with a different purposes and the number of differ...
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What Kind of Shoes Do You Wear Snowshoeing?
Snowshoes come in different types for the terrain and your boots and other gear should match your specific snowshoe model. For challenging terrain, rigid and sturdy boots work well. Crescent Moon&n...
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Is Snowshoeing Really Harder Than Hiking?
The snowshoe has allowed humans much more mobility during times when the snow piles up and trekking even the small distance across the yard feels like a chore. While snowshoes make walking in the s...
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How To Properly Wear Snowshoes
When it comes to snowshoeing, this is a great sport that allows people to not only enjoy plenty of exercise but also see everything the outdoors has to offer. While hiking boots are useful to a poi...
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Can You Wear Running Shoes With Snowshoes?
When you’re tromping about on a typical snowshoe hike, you’ll likely be wearing waterproof hiking boots or insulated winter boots. Those heavy-duty kicks, though, aren’t going to get you very far (...
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Why Were The First Snowshoes Invented: An Evolution Of Snowshoeing
When people think about snowshoeing today, they often think about a fantastic winter sport that also provides plenty of exercise as people get out in the wilderness and experience the outdoors; how...
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How Far Should You Expect To Sink In Snowshoes?
The morning is crisp, the air is so clean and clear you feel like you can see forever into the blue sky and the deep woods, but you go out to adventure and sink right down into the powder. No probl...
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Best Places To Snowshoe In Nova Scotia
Those who are looking for a great place to go snowshoeing need to look no farther than Nova Scotia. The Halifax region is a glorious place for everyone who loves to go snowshoeing. While the cool t...
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How To Properly Snowshoe
When it comes to winter sports, people often think about skiing and snowboarding; however, one of the most underrated activities is snowshoeing. When snowshoeing started thousands of years ago, thi...
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Are Snowshoes Good On Ice?
For those who love the sport of snowshoeing, they know that this is a great way to get outside, see the wilderness, and explore the beauty of the mountains during the winter; however, as anyone who...
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How Do Snowshoes Keep You From Sinking?
When someone steps foot outside and takes a look at the new snow that has graced the ground, the feeling of excitement starts to build. This is a great time to get out and start snowshoeing. As peo...
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The Top Snowshoeing Trails in Vermont
Vermont is known for its outdoor beauty. There are people who come to Vermont from all over the world just to bask under the blue sky and enjoy the smell and taste of fresh air. One of the best way...
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Snowshoeing in the Sand
Cold weather sports are great; however, like skiing, snowboarding, and bobsledding, the warm weather will soon bring an end to this season’s era of snowshoeing. It is normal for people to get sad w...
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Snowshoe Trail Running
When someone finds out about the mountains, one of the first questions they seem to ask everyone is whether or not they ski. Sure, skiing is a great outdoor sport; however, there is another enduran...
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Can You Use Poles While Showshoeing?
There are plenty of ways to enjoy the great outdoors and one of the most popular is snowshoeing. For those who live in the mountains, there might be snow on the ground for six months out of the yea...
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Snowshoeing Banff
The soaring, streaked, and sky-shredding peaks of the Canadian Rockies—the Main and Front ranges of them, specifically—give Banff National Park in Alberta some of the most glorious scenery in the w...
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Is Snowshoeing Dangerous?
Snowshoeing is about as accessible, easy, and beginner-friendly a winter sport as can be. As the saying goes, if you can walk, you can snowshoe. It also, generally speaking, is very safe. If you’re...
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A Guide To Snowshoeing Uphill
Among the possible ways to explore the outdoors, there is little that can compare to snowshoeing. This a great way to not only get some exercise but also gaze at the wonders of nature. For those wh...
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Snowshoe Safety
Snowshoeing is, all things considered, an extremely safe winter activity when undertaken with proper preparation and common-sense caution. It’s an activity open to an amazingly wide swath of ages a...
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How Many Calories Do You Burn Snowshoeing for an Hour?
Let’s face it. Bitter northland winters can make you feel old, sad, inactive and downright flabby if you let them. But here’s the deal. It doesn’t have to stay that way. You may not be able to be...
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The Top Five Essential Snowshoe Safety Tips
There are lots of ways to enjoy the snow; however, one of the most popular is snowshoeing. This is a fantastic way to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors, clean air, blue skies, and everything the mou...
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Snowshoeing Trails in Washington State
Washington State can easily lay claim to some of the best snowshoeing in the country: The mountain-scape scenery is breathtaking, and a typical winter season serves up some legitimately epic snow p...
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Snowshoe West Virginia: Where to Go
Royally rugged West Virginia comes dominated by the Allegheny Plateau and the Allegheny Mountains of the Appalachian Plateaus Province and the Valley-and-Ridge Province (and a bit of the Blue Ridge...
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Snowshoe Running and Races
There is nothing quite like a crisp winter afternoon with the sun bright on your shoulders, the snow soft underfoot, and the trees glistening as you prepare for a run that will help you keep the wi...
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Anatomy of Snowshoes
If you try to walk through a few meters of freshly fallen snow in boots or tennis shoes then your feet will sink through the snow. However, if you were to strap on a pair of snowshoes, you could ea...
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How Do You Snowshoe for Beginners
There are a number of reasons to go snowshoeing. It’s a great winter exercise, it’s a great social activity, and it's affordably priced winter activity. With a little bit of research, you will find...
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