How is snowshoeing coming from a skiing background? Is it

>>1037666
>is it for girls or what?
Nah. It's great for accessing parts of the backcountry that aren't suitable for cross country skiing

>>1037666
It's great, and if you grew up cross-country skiing like me, snowshoeing is a similar activity on a fundamental level, and it gets the same parts of your brain and body going. And it's a lot cheaper in terms of equipment.

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>>1037666
Friend of mine once said "Snowshoeing is the winter sport equivalent of the fanny pack."

In my experience, it's pretty awful. I'd take skis over snowshoes any day of the week.

>>1037741
>not alternating between micro spikes and ascent style snowshoes for winter hiking goodness

>>1037666

Kinda fun sometimes.
It's no substitute, but it can be a nice change of pace.

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I snow shoe and it brings out my feminine side.

>>1037741
>tripfag doesn't like it
Confirmed for awesome

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skiing is the superior mode of travel

>>1037666
If you're going somewhere too steep for skis or if you have to carry your gear before you get to the snow it's your best option. Most of my snowshoe use is climbing mountains in winter, spring and early summer. Easy to pick up, there's not much skill involved. Slow as fuck and definitely not a substitute for skis, though.

>>1037666
If I was going to do a long overland journey across canada during the winter do you reccomend I take snowshoes and skis or just skis?

>>1037853
Snowshoes are light and you'll have a sled anyway so why not both?

>>1037666
Snowshoes will get you places skis can't, and work on all types of snow and terrain. They're cheaper at all levels as well.

On packed snow or flat/consistently downhill ground skis will be faster though.