I first became familiar with the use of snowshoes while in the Marine Corps participating in winter training in Norway. The amount of extra equipment we had to carry due to the cold weather and snow covered terrain was unbelievable. The use of a sled and snowshoes were required. Now snowshoes play an important part in my back-country excursions and have become a fascination of mine. I believe all woodsmen should at least be experience in the use of snowshoes and most should own a pair themselves.
Garrett and Alexandra Conover have written a couple of the best books on winter travel;
The Winter Wilderness Companion, copyright 1995, 2001
Snow Walker's Companion, copyright 2006
A nice short article on backpacking with high-tech snowshoes was written by Don Ladigin and available at:
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-...ght/00038.html
Winter camping: http://www.snowshoemag.com/
Modern high-tech snowshoes:
Tubbs Snowshoes - http://tubbssnowshoes.com/
Atlas Snowshoes - http://atlassnowshoe.com/
Red Feather Snowshoes - http://www.redfeather.com/
MSR Snowshoes - http://cascadedesigns.com/msr/snowshoes/category
Wooden & Traditional Snowshoes:
Maine Guide Snowshoes - http://mgsnowshoes.intuitwebsites.com/
Iverson Snowshoes - http://www.iversonssnowshoes.com/
Military Surplus Snowshoes:
Sportsman Guide - http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/s...nowshoes&eMode=
Please add to this thread any snowshoe or snowshoeing comments or information you may have.
