Do you guys go snowshoeing? Post about your snowshoe outings and adventures
>>2795828I use a set of MSR lightning ascent 25 inch. I need to buy and try the floatation tails for these. They’re very good on crusty snow or packed snow but the buoyancy sucks in loose powder.
Snowfall has been kinda light this winter so the road that takes me to all the trailheads that I love has stayed open unusually long so I have been getting some gorgeous hikes in
>btw did i mention yes i spend thousands of dollars in gear from the finest brands
>>2795837Raggedy man detected.
>>2795830How are you liking them? I went for the evo ascents after doing some research. The area I hike (white mountains) is very steep and rocky and I'm not always as careful as I should be with my gear so having plastic decking is nice. I had never snowshoed before this year and I'm shocked at how easy it it, expected them to be much more heavy and awkward and the bindings to be more cumbersome.
>>2795877Yeah I only started snowshoeing last season as I’ve never lived in a place where I could until the past few years, I was also surprised at how easy it is compared to what I thought it was going to be like (lead feet, bowlegged). The lightning ascents are great in some conditions. The bindings are easy to use even with pretty heavy gloves and plenty comfortable on my feet. The heel elevators are like magic which I’m pretty sure the evo ascents have those as well so you already know. And in the right type of snow, like the wind blown stuff on somewhat steep mountain sides where it’s crusty and icy, or trails that have already been packed by other snowshoers, these shoes are like glue, they’re amazing. They just kinda suffer when you get in the deep fluffy stuff, that’s why I want to try the floatation tails, to see if I can stay on top better. So far I haven’t noticed any durability issues with the fabric decking after probably about 150 miles on these shoes. I’m careful with them but I do very often find myself going over rocks just because I couldn’t see them under the snow or I’m not gonna take my shoes off to two meters over a spot with no snow.
>>2795828I got some snowshoes and snow pants but it hardly ever snows in southern Arizona.
>>2795828I did for a few years. Then I finally forced myself to learn how to ski.
>>2795837the reason I go snowshoeing is because I can't afford backcountry skiing. my snowshoes cost me like $50, entry price for backcountry skiing is at least 10x that even if buying off facebook market or whatever. plus I'd have to learn how to skianyway, haven't gone this winter, I usually only go out snowshoeing 3 or 4 times per winter. It's a pretty long day trip to the snow, when I go out in summer it's usually for days or weeks at a time, in winter that's not really feasible for me so it has to be daytrips which are a pain.
After learning how to cross country ski I will never snowshoe unless I have to. Fuck snow shoes I hate them so much.
>go outside in snowy enviorment>put snowshoes onthe end
>>2796155>>2796051The stuff I snowshoe is too steep to go up in cross country skis at any reasonable pace or efficiency.
>>2796051>>2796375AT skis not cross country skis.If it is too steep to skin up, snowshoes wouldn't help either. That is when you get verts/ascent plates.
