Snowshoeing- Beauty & broken boot

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I use my regular Lowa hiking boots for snowshoeing also. I've been snowshoeing a couple of times in the past week or so.


This was in xmas day at Powderhorn Resort on the slopes of the Grand Mesa.

Yesterday we went up to the top of the Grand Mesa (10,000+ft) and did some more snowshoeing. It was snowing moderately the whole time we were there. It was like being in a snowglobe.

Temps were in the 20s for both trips.

I did a snowshoe hut trip several years ago with a group of folks. We snowshoed in to one of the 10th Division Huts near Aspen. I borrowed a set of MSR Denali snowshoes for the trip, used the Lowa hiking boots. It was 6 miles in (uphill) on mostly packed snow trails. The next day we did a 6 mile snowshoe hike just out and around the area of the hut. Then it snowed a foot overnight so we packed out in fresh snow. I did about 18 miles total for the whole trip. My feet never got cold.

I really liked the MSR snowshoes but wasn't sure I'd go snowshoeing enough if I bought some. So I hesitated for a long time. A couple months ago we went to our local REI Garage Sale (as we always do). At this one they were selling off all of last years rental snowshoes, all MSR Denalis. $19.99/pr. They were well used, but still perfectly serviceable. I grabbed two pairs (one for bf), and two sets of short tails ($4/pr) and two sets of long tails ($6/pr). For $30 each my bf and I are set up to go snowshoeing.