snowshoeing

Recreational snowshoeing has many devotees in this country and Canada.

Snowshoeing's appeal is not complex; indeed, it is distinctly simple.

Ms. Friend says she believes her store's brisk sales of children's sizes indicate that snowshoeing is a family activity.

The phenomenal growth of sports like snowboarding and snowshoeing has fueled the appeal of mountain living.

Snowshoeing, canoeing and other outdoor activities abound.

In recent years, Tubbs has emphasized snowshoeing's health benefits, sponsoring professional races and snowshoe festivals.

Snowshoeing has become increasingly popular in recent years, as have ice climbing and ski mountaineering, albeit within a narrower group of skilled athletes.

Still, there's terrific snowshoeing and cross-country skiing in Grand Forks, and only a weenie wouldn't go outside.

We like to get snow," said Doug Garland, a town selectman who owns a snowshoeing and cross-country skiing area.

The United States Snowshoe Association was founded in 1977 to serve as a governing body for competitive snowshoeing.

Immoderate snowshoeing leads to serious lameness of the feet and ankles which Canadian voyageurs called mal de raquette.

Today visitors can take a mule-drawn sleigh ride or hay ride; they can try a little snowshoeing and build a snowman.

Ski-resort operators will provide artificial snow, and visitors will be encouraged to try free snowshoeing, snow-tubing and even snow-sculpting.

"It's amazing how snowshoeing has taken off," said Keith R. Cudworth, executive director of White Memorial.

Winter : Snowshoeing, dogsledding, paragliding, sleigh rides, ice skating, snowmobiling (nearby), spa.

From your hotel on the Magdallen Islands, you can enjoy daily programmes which include wildlife and photography seminars, beginners' snowshoeing and cross-country skiing.

It was harder than regular snowshoeing, and for much of their journey they had avoided it when possible, opting for the most level paths they could find.

Perhaps the best text for both beginning and advanced snowshoers is the third edition of Gene Prater's "Snowshoeing" (The Mountaineers, 1988).

He said he expected excellent cross-country skiing and even snowshoeing around the Adirondak Loj, eight miles south of Lake Placid, into the spring.

On the other hand, Christie Goddard, 11, of Great Falls, Va., said that snowshoeing's leisurely pace appealed to her more than skiing.

"I'm totally convinced snowshoeing is going to be big," Phil had asserted as he drove his Jeep to our starting point in the Super St-Bernard car park.

Gene Prater of Ellensburg, Wash., is a snowshoe expert and author who recently wrote the third edition of "Snowshoeing," (Mountaineer Books, 1988) a guide to the sport.

Evolène: Snowshoeing Adventure, Nax: 6th Montée Nocturne (ski touring and snowshoeing)

David Felkley, 66, the co-author of "Snowshoeing" (Mountaineers Books, 2002), has been leading snowshoeing tours in Colorado for two decades.

The Mammoth Mountain ski resort in California organizes full-moon snowshoeing and cross-country skiing at its Tamarack Cross Country Ski Center in the company of a naturalist.