Quote Originally Posted by DebW View Post
For bindings, I suggest the type that pivots freely as you lift your foot. That way the snow on top of the shoes falls off as you step, and you are dragging rather lifting the shoe, so lifting less weight. The bindings that are spring loaded tend to throw snow up your back.
Yes, I agree the pivoting ones are good.
It feels odd at first to think that when you lift your foot up to take a step, the tail end of the snowshoe stays on the ground and drags along the snow at a slant, thereby any snow just slides off it ....instead of the snow getting flipped up onto your thighs with a shoe that flips up in the back with your walking motion.
At first you think maybe it's not adjusted right- the back of the snowshoe shouldn't be dragging on the snow, right? But yes, it's designed that way and works nicely. Also- less weight to lift up with your foot if you don't have to lift the whole shoe straight up off the ground, snow and all! I mean...we're not snow shoveling here, right?