Have you ever wondered what it's like to walk in snowshoes and whether it is worth a try? Well, in this video we show you our own experience of walking in the snowshoes, share the first impressions and difficulties that we faced along the way, talking about the pros and cons of wearing them and under what conditions in our opinion you can make the best use out of them. Hope that you'll learn something new and enjoy the scenery of the beautiful Porte Puymorens!
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Here are our final notes and tips that we learned from our own experience that we believe will help you to walk in showshoes:
- it will take some time to get used to, it is not as easy as walking or even hiking, you will feel working some different muscle groups
- we recommend trying to relax your ankle and let the snowshoe go like you would do in flip-flops, and that way to prevent the unnecessary tension in the muscle
- when you try to go downhill sidewalks are incredibly hard, mainly because your leg is glued to the shoe and you can't move it in your ankle like you would normally do
- you can't really walk backwards, so every time you need to turn you have to walk around
- you still will come down into the snow, how deep it will depend on the type of your snowshoe and hardness of the snow
- when you come down into the snow, sometimes it's quite hard to get the leg back out
- watch out for the trees, branches, or any other obstacles that can be hiding under the layer of snow, use the trekking poles for checking the trail in front
- trekking poles do help while walking in the deep snow, checking obstacles or walking on a slope
- the snowshoes don't prevent your legs from wetness, so make sure you're wearing the good pair of the waterproof boots
- we do not recommend walking heavy loaded with the big backpacks, the walk would be twice as hard and you would come down twice as deep into the snow
- it is a great physical activity by itself, our body muscles were very sore the next day
- the snow condition plays its role as well, walking on the ice crust can be more difficult and walking on the ice is very dangerous
- in our opinion, walking on a relatively flat surface with fluffy fresh
snow in a frosty weather will give you the best experience, especially if you're just starting out
- there are lots of different types of snowshoes nowadays, so we higly recommend to do your research and try them out if you can to find your perfect pair
All of the information in the video and in the description above is based exclusively on our own experience of wearing snowshoes for the first time, we are not experienced walkers, so by all means, when in doubt, hire a professional snowshoe guide that will help you to get the best experience.
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