How to Walk With Snow Shoes
If you’re planning to walk more than a few feet in deep snow, you’ll need to be wearing snowshoes–either the traditional American Indian style, with leather straps and ash framing, or the more modern aluminum and nylon-coated ones found in most sporting good stores. In a pinch, you can even improvise a set of snow shoes by rigging evergreen branches and twine. Whichever type you wear, you’ll need to know a few things to get you on your way.
Instructions
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Keep your feet spread a small distance apart and take exaggerated high steps, one over the other, to clear the tips of each shoe.
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To turn, walk in a tight circle, pivoting the tip of the inner snowshoe and leaving its tail almost stationary. Follow with the outer shoe.
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For a quicker, more athletic turn, lift the inside shoe until it is almost straight up and down. Dig the heel into the snow, and pivot the shoe 180 degrees. Swing the other shoe around in a movement similar to a pirouette.
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If you’re planning to back up in snowshoes, you’ll need to have a pair of ski poles or similar supports to help you in the maneuver. Don’t allow the tail of the shoe to dig into the snow as you walk–only the tips of the shoe should be pressed downward during your backward steps.
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