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Ljohnson
Social climber
The land of ice, snow and rocks
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Got a pair of new red feathers from an ex. $50 and they are yours, if yer interested.
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bajaandy
climber
Escondido, CA
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Hey Lynnie, I recently inherited a couple pair of MSR Denali snowshoes. You are more than welcome to take 'em for a test drive if you want.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2013 - 12:24am PT
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Thanks Baja Andy,
Happy New Year to you and your family. I'm off on a New Year adventure but will contact you about the snow shoes. Thanks Dude, lynne
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John M
climber
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What part of the world are you adventuring to Lynne?
Oops... did you mean a party? haha
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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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I think the msr snowshoes are the most efficient, and durable.
As for poles, go with bd, or leki
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Gilroy
Social climber
Boulderado
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Disclaimer - I like to boot about in winter and avoid the weight and hassle of snowshoes. Nonetheless, as soon as I leave the packed trail I want a means of flotation as breaking trail through hip-deep snow is few people's notion of fun less'n yr of the De Sade clan.
Can't ski for shyte so snowshoes are the deal for this former Texan. Learning curve is nicely short and mainly consists of some horse sense about ambulation when your feet are a foot wide and a couple long.
Warm feet are nice so get insulated boots or size your mountain boots for the extra sox (my choice). Make sure you can keep your feet dry as well. A built-in gaiter on my boot top and snug guide pant cuffs works reasonably well for keeping the shnee at bay but a real gaiter is more bombproof and adds a bit of warmth you may want.
MSR snowshoes are the best in my experience for weight and reliability but especially for traversing slopes. Still any with a pivoting crampon up front and aggressive teeth under heel work pretty well too in going up or sideways. You just want them burly so to avoid backcountry breakdowns of the mechanical sort and bindings that work easily to avoid the emotional breakdowns of being unable to 'lace' your shoes with cold (gloved or ungloved) hands.
Like Seamstress says, all screwlock poles will fail eventually and the BD Fliklock (or comparable) are the highly recommended. Also, being able to easily and securely attach the snowshoes to your pack can save intense frustrations when it is time to carry those unwieldy suckers.
Wishing you all the best in the winter wanderlands....
PS - Start out with all hot liquids, even your H2O. Well, maybe not the whiskey...
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 1, 2013 - 01:07am PT
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Never a funner place than here. Covers all the bases from gear to food and fluids....Love yo all, peace and joy tonight, a great night. Happy New Year.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Hey Lynnie... Just got back from snow shoeing and snow camping. Maureen has great advice. I can't emphasize enough that you should get women specific snow shoes. For years I had non specific. They were ok but I did a lot of stepping on them in stride. Then I would work to widen my stride. A couple years ago I got a woman's specific snowshoe (Atlas) and wow, what a difference! There are several manufacturers of women specific...DO IT.
Couple days ago on Glacier Point Road in Yosemite
Happy New Year to you!
Susan
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Sounds like you may be set with shoes.
I used to teach snowshoe classes, and I must say that I came to be a fan of MSR's. Simple to use, and light.
As to poles, as many others have said, twist-adjustable poles are NOT the way to go, unless you tape them into place with the intention of not moving them for the day.
It seems that I've seen a pair of the lever-lock poles for sale at wal-mart (if you are into that) for about $20 recently. You would want to get snow baskets, though, I don't think most come with them.
If you are going for dirt cheap, plain-ol' non-adj ski poles will work.
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