santacruz skier
Angel Diva
@Jenny I was looking at your new snowshoes. Think they have more bells and whistles than what I got !
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Snowshoes - I know nothing
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Jenny
Angel Diva
Bells and whistles are just things that can break, lol! it remains to be seen if the spikes keep me from slipping/falling or if I should have online shopped and gotten the ones @liquidfeet linked to. i never did order them cuz I didn’t want to deal with returning, if necessary.
Jenny
Angel Diva
Broke them in today. Learned three things:
I put the gaiters on backwards.
I had the snowshoes on the wrong feet - not that they're shaped, but the cinching ankle buckle should go on the outside, duh.
Need to see if the poles have other tips I can buy - these were for dry hiking. When the snow was soft, it was ok, because they’d sink down to the ground, but there's not much snow and where it was hard they were just slippery.
Otherwise, things went well! It was low 20's, sunshine, no wind. Hiked up and down the forested side of the dunes and determined we were very glad to have the heel lifter.
Oh, fourth thing - gotta cinch up my hiking boots before I put on the gaiters.
Here's a few pics.
I put the gaiters on backwards.
I had the snowshoes on the wrong feet - not that they're shaped, but the cinching ankle buckle should go on the outside, duh.
Need to see if the poles have other tips I can buy - these were for dry hiking. When the snow was soft, it was ok, because they’d sink down to the ground, but there's not much snow and where it was hard they were just slippery.
Otherwise, things went well! It was low 20's, sunshine, no wind. Hiked up and down the forested side of the dunes and determined we were very glad to have the heel lifter.
Oh, fourth thing - gotta cinch up my hiking boots before I put on the gaiters.
Here's a few pics.
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
How far are you from the lake?
Tried my new snowshoes behind the house at Northstar when up skiing a week ago.... seemed to work fine but probably not the best for hilly hikes. I thought they had the heel lifter but they don't. No problems and really easy to get on/off. Also wore ski pants as skied directly after finishing snowshoe hike. Snow boots worked fine. Haven't had gaiters in decades though. Must get some.
Mine are Tubbs Frontier:
Jenny
Angel Diva
Hmm, maybe I’d better check more closely, then. They look the same, but maybe there’s some slight difference.
We got powder baskets today and discovered that if we'd just popped off the rubber tips the other day we'd have had spikes, which would have helped a bit where the snow was packed. Don’t know why we didn’t try it when we were out.
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Did you buy special poles? I just used my grasssticks bamboo ski poles w large baskets.
Jenny
Angel Diva
We had two sets of hiking poles that were my dads, so we used those. They're adjustable, too.
Is there a particular length they should be for this, or just whatever feels comfortable and keeps you upright?
The way my binding does up, there is only one way. I don't want the clasp on the inside...
Poles - I like mine a little shorter than my ski poles. And definitely shorter than my XC poles.
Jenny
Angel Diva
Yeah, that was my issue on Saturday. Never even gave it a thought til we were almost back, lol!
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
No clue on sizing. I have hiking poles as well but forgot about them.
santacruz skier
Angel Diva
Now I wonder if I had mine on right?
Jenny
Angel Diva
IKWYM. But despite how it sounds, I'm being more man-like with this one. I find all of our bumbling pretty funny, especially for something that basically involves putting something on my feet and walking. Today we had to ask the salesperson at REI how to collapse one set of the poles.
Wolfie
Certified Ski Diva
i have Yukon Charlies. I like them, but they are buckles. I find once you set them up for your boot, as long as you are using the same boot, they are great
Jenny
Angel Diva
Quick question - If you have gaiters, can you snowshoe in something like these without getting a footfull of snow?
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I have these that I wore and they worked great, but I'm on my second pair since December and the hooks at the top keep popping off.
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I have these that I wore and they worked great, but I'm on my second pair since December and the hooks at the top keep popping off.
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