We go snowshoeing in mountain wilderness areas where bears, elk, caribou, deer and wolves roam. These are national or provincial wilderness parks in Alberta and British Columbia. We have done this over the past decade, nearly every winter.

I honestly don't want to snowshoe for many km. by myself, weather can change, signage can be vague at times....and it was -25 degrees C for several consecutive days when we went snowshoeing this Christmas. We were 2,000 metres above sea level.
It's the normal temperatures in our area for winters.

I need snowboots with winter insulation and constructed in manner so that my snowshoe straps will not erode seams/shoe materials. Even better, a boot with a back heel lip to hold in the snowshoe strap better. My broken boot had these features....but it broke and I think it was because I was not paying attention to a loosely strapped right foot when I was roughing around for 10 km. snowshoeing... I wondered vaguely why one boot flopped more than the other one.

So this afternoon I started to check out 2 outdoor fitness sports and shoe stores....hardly any suitable models. Meanwhile I'm checking the cost of boot repair..even it means $20.00-$30.00 to repair 1 boot, it's worth it.