A Snowshoeing Adventure

We are taking a nature class at our local nature center. This month the topic was snowshoeing. We learned why snowshoes work and then we went on an hour long hike. Here is Aaron, the ninja snowshoe expert.

First we went outside and learned to walk and turn and back up. Deb's feet were a little too small so our teacher put some fuzzy hats over her boots to make up the room in her shoes. It worked great, though it looked a little funny.

We walked into the woods and measured how deep our shoes went into the snow (about 2 - 4 inches depending on the person) and then we measured how deep the snow was (about 12 inches). I was surprised that our shoes went in so far. I had thought that they would stay on the top better. Turns out that the shoes help keep you on the top of snow that has been slightly packed (by other walkers) but in new fresh snow, they sink in a little bit. Still it is much better than walking through 12 inches of snow.


Aaron is practicing walking around a tree in this picture.


Deb and I on our snowshoes. Before Deb started to tell me that she was so tired.