Snow Shoes

[spinner2]

Best snowshoe bindings I ever had were the earlier version of these where the bit that is now made from polyurethane was made from ash same as the snowshoe. With these bindings there is no yaw as there can be with leather etc that will twist on you. Cruised a buttload of timber on Great Northern land north of Bangor in the winter of '78 which was when I first learned of this style. Cannot be beat for maneuverability especially in the trees - but even in the open there is no more binding twist when you do a 180 (or any other) turn. Realtively cheap, durable, simple and effective. I'm a fan of the traditional wood and web shoes too - the modern stuff just don't float my boat. Anyhoo - FWIW here's the link:

http://mgsnowshoes.intuitwebsites.co...cessories.html

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Gunny, I wanted to try these bindings on my shoes but then decided to buy their big 12" x 60" shoes too. So to test them out I wanted big snow. Fish Lake Idaho is about an hour by Cub from home and so off I went.

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These are long shoes. Compare these to a similar picture I posted above with my old bear paw shoes. The first thing I noticed was the long tails but after a couple hundred yards they felt fine. The airstrip proper was kind of crusted on top from a few days of rare sun. I wanted powder and found it off the strip in the trees.

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These shoes offer great flotation in the soft stuff. And I really like the bindings - the best I've used on a traditional shoe. As Gunny said they don't twist on the shoe when you want to make a turn and they're very quick to put on or off.

Lots of snow up there. My estimate is about 15 feet. Here's a look at the cabin at the west end.

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[Gunny]

Spinner2 - Glad to hear you like the bindings and the new shoes. I have loved those bindings ever since I first discovered them. I am curious - are your new shoes laced with their polyester rope or rawhide? From the pics it looks like it might be the rope. Seems like the rope works okay then yes? And you don't have to varnish them every year either.

[spinner2]

Gunny, they are woven with a synthetic cord, not babiche or rawhide. Should be lower maintenance as you say. Nice shoes.

Glad I got up there when I did. Wind, rain and snow everyday since.


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[PA-12 Lover]

Check out "Crescent Moon" snow shoes, made in the USA, Boulder, Colorado. Nice aircraft aluminum, a variety of sizes for all uses. I winter in Crested Butte, CO at 10,000 msl. lots of powder, no trials and me in excess of 250#. Best binding system available. We have more than a half dozen pair of snow shoes from four manufacturers and the Crescent Moon are everybody's favorite.

[Coyote Ugly]

Since my little fiasco last winter, and figuring out that hiking out with each step going to the crotch was no fun, I bought some snow shoes.

It was the best investment I ever made, we haven't had enough snow since then to even think about getting them out.. I should have bought them years ago.. ha ha ...