The Green Hiker

Still haven’t strapped on your hiking snowshoes. What! You don’t own a pair. Well, the folks at ORS in Vermont produced three videos to help you match a snowshoe with hiking terrains and snow conditions.

Atlas TSL MSR Tubbs Recreational Snowshoes Comparison

http://www.orssnowshoesdirect.com/all_recreational_trail_adventure_snowshoes.htm
An excellent general overview of snowshoes targeted for a variety of terrain and conditions including packed snow and broken trails, gently to moderately rolling terrain, groomed slopes and hills.

MSR Snowshoes Review Video by ORS Snowshoes Direct

http://www.orssnowshoesdirect.com/msr_lightning_ascent_snowshoes.htm
The MSR Lightning Ascent snowshoes and MSR Lightning snowshoes models are the lightest all terrain snowshoe models on the market. For use in all types of conditions such as deep powder and untracked snow, technical & hilly terrain, prolonged steep vertical as well as variable snow types like heavy, wet snow and icy hardpack.

Tubbs Mountaineer Snowshoes Review & Demonstration by ORS Snowshoes Direct

http://www.orssnowshoesdirect.com/tubbs_mountaineer_snowshoes.htm
Tubbs Mountaineer snowshoes are the choice for expedition and out of bounds backcountry territory. Handles extreme steeps, ice, hard pack and wind blown traverses with ease.

Now Go Outdoors!

Winter hikes here in Upstate New York are exhilarating. Crisp and bright. From zig-zag animal tracks to mountain top clear. But the winters are so long.

There are days when a hike is a chore. Boots and snowshoes. From bitter cold cheeks to gray treetops. Sometimes you just don’t want to go ….

So it’s nice to hear how others cope with winter hiking woes. Here are two paths:

First, V. Hughes explores winter urban hikes escaping the “sucking mud”. Fresh air and all kinds of “critters, real and imagined”.

Next, Kari Martin offers her winter hiking confession. She adores “sunsets, green trees and rushing rivers”. But how does one hike with “thick blankets and real beds”? Well ….

Now Go Outdoors!