Darren Brungardt, host of the 2012 National DION Snowshoe USSSA Championships knows Colorado Junior racing (19 and below). He gives his views on the podium finishes. If you’re on it, post the article on the wall for motivation. If you’re … Continue reading
The 2012 Frisco Colorado DION Snowshoes USSSA National Championship host, Darren Brungardt, found time in his 40-hour days to pen this account of his Love Me Tender State Snowshoe Championship Qualifier and how the USSSA National race course developed:
After … Continue reading
Two somewhat mud-ladened laps completed a 10 km Pennsylvania State Championship as a dearth of snowfall–thus far– has hampered races and race directors. Yet, the show without snow goes on, and racers have fun regardless. This annual event–do you remember … Continue reading
Chary Griffin, Race Director for the 2010 USSSA Dion National Snowshoe Champion, recreates that fun and historic course for the Highland Forest Snowshoe 5 km and 10 km with this command: “Come Conquer the Trail!”
Just in case you were … Continue reading
An overnight five-inch snow fall coated the grounds, trees and trails in the Winona State Forest creating picturesque wintry conditions awarding the snowshoers ready to attack this challenging layout. Race Director, Matt Westerlund, could not have been happier as warm temperatures … Continue reading
The Snowshoe Classic, Alaskan style, fashioned a noble finish indeed as snowshoe Series leader, Ben Nelson, clinched yet another race victory to seal his win for the annual Infinity Woodworks Dion Finnish Line Championship.
2007 USSSA medalist Chad Carroll reported, … Continue reading
All points lead to the new North Central Region qualifier, the Treehaven Tromp with mileage about 200 miles or more from major population destinations like Rockford, west of Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Madison. The 1400-acre park is a natural resource … Continue reading
A wonder-bottle of sweet oxygen help at altitude is now available . . . in capsule form! Pack a pocketful and traipse on up to Frisco, CO, the main street for the Rockies, for the Dion Snowshoes USSSA National Snowshoe … Continue reading
The first decade of the annual Curly’s Record Run Snowshoe Race celebrated with snow and an engaging snowshoe run, reason enough for celebration. That there was snow for this race was a major highlight in the region, but the fact is snowshoers can have fun in … Continue reading
Winners abound in Flagstaff’s annual snowfest—who doesn’t think of Arizona with snow-covered saguaros, Prickly Pear Cactuses spearing icy flakes—one of the USSSA’s most enthusiastic qualifiers in the schedule.
It all started back in a not-unsimilar year when the snow was … Continue reading
David LePorho demonstrated his snowshoe acumen at the 11th Northern Vermont Snowshoe Challenge, an 8 km adventure into the wonderful world of Smuggler’s Notch. The reigning 2011 World Snowshoe Champion set a new course record by over a minute (set … Continue reading
Hot snowshoe racing is already a hallmark at the Phillips Flurry Phillips, Wisconsin, in only its second year. Jake Rhyner zipped the snow-packed course in a dominating 44:36, nearly three minutes quicker than Brent Kann’s inaugural race victory in 2011. … Continue reading
Sarah Raitter, pulling along her training partner Bill Raitter, tied at the line for the 2012 Mt. Shasta Snowshoe Race win held annually at the popular Mt. Shasta Nordic Center, open since 2006, “Where Quality Predominates.” The pair, both two-time … Continue reading
Off the line like a ball shot from a Scottish cannon, Jim McDonnel lept to lead the start of the seventh Snowshoe Shuffle Joe Holewa Memorial. Running in trail shoes as 2012’s winter has thrown its own fire into … Continue reading
Travis Macy snowshoed away with the Colorado State Snowshoe Championship, a race that is part of the Pedalpower Snowshoe Adventure Series, with a commanding win at 52:49. His deep snow performance lays down the gauntlet for the DION Snowshoes … Continue reading
Leave it to USSSA National Team Member, Scott Gall, to take all of his snowshoe racing experiences and design a wicked course for the 2012 Iowa State Championships. Also counting as a Dion Snowshoe United States Snowshoe Association National Championship Qualifier… Continue reading
Awakening to an ideal day for snowshoe racing, race director Randy Step became the envy of many events in North America in this weird warmth afflicting the heart of national championship qualifying and state competition. “Race day dawned for the Bigfoot in Traverse … Continue reading
The Kahtoola Bigfoot Snowshoe Festival is a feast of distances with a smorgasbord of five different events covering the Utah snow from the ultra 50 km, marathoners 26.2 miles, hearty 25 km, the USSSA qualifying 10 km, and Mr. Quick, the … Continue reading
Director and miscreant, Sam Peckinpah, created a spectacle in his controversial 1965 feature Major Dundee detailing the life of Major Amos Dundee fighting and swaggering through the wild wild territory we know call the Southwest. Ultimately, the experience led to … Continue reading
Ship some of that two feet of NEW snow to destinations East as the drought of snow has crippled some national qualifiers and state championships. But not the X-Dog Event flagged off the line at beautiful Mt. Hood’s White River West Sno … Continue reading
New history developed on the famed Mickelson Trail as the first United States Snowshoe Association Qualifying Race for the national snowshoe championships ever conducted in South Dakota was held on a very special 10-km piece of the snow blown trails. … Continue reading
How could one overlook racing this joint state championship and national qualifier in northwestern Hancock County? Only 10 clams—along with lobsters, Maine’s most prevalent seafood—for their registration, reflecting the values of the prudent residents of the country’s most eastern state. One … Continue reading
Oh, for the lack of an inch. A fluffy snow accumulation arriving Friday just missed the depth necessary to snowshoe these relentless switchback trails at the Murphy-Hanrehan State Park in Savage, Minn. Race Directors Mike and Colleen Millonig told me, “With the rock … Continue reading
A classic two-for-one is a big benefit for the 2012 Winterfest Snowshoe Race. In addition to qualifying for the United States Snowshoe Association’s National Championship in Frisco, Colorado, February 24-26, 2011, a participant could also qualify for the New York State … Continue reading
Park City’s 7000 acres of preserved lands serve as the blueprint for 350 miles of trails to be enjoyed by all. Some come to race it, like this annual event, or enjoy a winter’s stroll; some arrive for the famed … Continue reading
Inaugural Snowy Range Snowshoe Races in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest hit the mark. With their 9,000 feet elevations and some 3-million acres (including the Thunder Basin National Grasslands), plenty of space is open for a championship caliber race. Alec Muthig … Continue reading
The Dion Snowshoes USSSA National Championship Qualifying Races made their first ever foray into North Carolina, perhaps holding the state’s first ever snowshoe race here, period. Held at the highest altitude city along the Eastern seaboard, Beech Mountain at over … Continue reading
A snowshoe race here in the heart of the Central Rockies is a gift from the Gods of elegance, purity, and all things amazing. How much beauty can one take in? This area has it all. With a fresh snow, … Continue reading
One would never take their laptop into the cold wilderness without keeping it warm, protected . . . and safe. Otherwise, those awful words—Error Message—will flash incessantly, and the thing just stops.
The body’s computer—now known as the iBrain?—needs warmth, … Continue reading
The 12th season of the United States Snowshoe Association (USSSA) qualifying snowshoe events kicked off December 10, 2011, with the 18th annual Jingle Bell Snowshoe Race on the dirt at the birthplace of competitive U.S. snowshoeing, Paul Smith’s College. This … Continue reading
Are you tough enough? The Wilderness Athlete 2012 Gnarly Bandit Ultra Trail Series schedule is official; the Gnarly Bandit himself crawled out of hibernation in his barn to approve it.
Wilderness Athlete, the nutritional authority on outdoor performance nutrition, raised … Continue reading
How would I know the Icebreaker’s Realfleece Cascade Jacket is made with a woman in mind? I wouldn’t; that’s why Icebreaker sent nature lover and exercise addict Amanda Beauvais on a several month journey living with her Cascade Hooded Jacket.… Continue reading
The BIG question: Can Darren Brungardt order up another winter wonderland for the Dion Snowshoes United States Snowshoe Nationals February 24-26, 2012? And similar to the “walled-in” Colorado State High School championship course in last February’s “endless ribbon” cutting through deep-but-packed powder through … Continue reading
If an Icebreaker 260 Realfleece Sierra Hood was a car, it would be a Maserati: technically perfect, performance to the nth-degree, tailored for the comfort of its owner, but with a cost more like a Mustang Boss. Unlike any hot … Continue reading
Canadian writer, Christine Blanchette, learned to love snowshoeing in her small hometown of Richmond, Quebec (near Montreal) but now resides in the densely populated Vancouver. Even living in the cosmopolitan
“Hollywood North” as this city of film is known, Ms. … Continue reading
The snowshoe racing season is underway! Major annual events occur as the USSSA Dion Snowshoe National Championship Qualifiers begin their calendar in December, culminating at the February 24-26, 2012 Frisco, CO championship event. Here are ideas to consider for an … Continue reading
In an alliance that may rank in importance with the birth of the United States Snowshoe Association’s National Championships, and the association’s multi-year full-race sponsorship by the visionary Dion Snowshoes, PreRace.com explodes on the scene with the opportunity to drive … Continue reading
In the most unlikely source of vital snowshoeing news, the Wall Street Journal, comes a game changing submission printed in the Letters to the Editor, Saturday-Sunday November 19-20, 2011 edition from whom? Let’s just call him Mr. Graham for the … Continue reading
There is plenty of gold in the Rockies, but golden words can provide more nuggets of value than the valuable metal. A visionary coach like Cheyenne Mountain High School’s Stan Lambros, Boys Cross-Country 2010 Coach of the Year, has the … Continue reading
The best movies, television programming and cartoons featuring the art of snowshoeing are ranked in order for the first time ever, just in time for gift buying and winter watching in those extra-dark hours. And how about this: stars who played iconic … Continue reading
A blow lasting day and night caused challenges with dirt, dust and wood debris on the trail, but covering tracks with my new best friend, the Wilderness Athlete full-scale backpack, helped to attack the paths one step at a time. … Continue reading
With the nighttime moon reflecting off Gitchee Gumee while soaking in the sheer delight of making way on the stupendous Superior Hiking Trails on my own, countless others were doing the same throughout the country and the globe for that matter.
It must have been spirits of “Addicted to Love” writer and vocalist Robert Palmer running with me on the steep rocky bluffs overlooking
Each sang their own version of surrender to the doctor dirt with lyrics sounding somewhat like this: “I got a bad case of lovin’ you . . .”
“The history of the world…in phone numbers” is a line in
Sacrificial offerings of knees and hands are not uncommon for these rooty, rocky trails. Obstacles mystically occur on the way in for this out-and-back venue. The forests called out . . .
Your hand is constructed of 27 bones. Hurt one of them, they’re all going to hurt you right back. But can’t I use the gloves in my van down by the river?
Go ahead, admit it. Your knees aren’t quite what they used to be.
Governments want your money; pay up. Pain wants relief. Sleeve up.
That little light strapped on your noggin bouncing around when you’re wearing it at night, the flashlight you drop down a ravine after slipping on a climb . . . all a thing of the past when you don the coolest headgear in a fortnight, Ergodyne’s Glowear PowerCap with it’s just discovered secret capability.
“Stress fractures are common in runners, predominantly in females. Running causes micro fractures in the bones of the legs.” From this opening, Gary Moller, an accomplished endurance athlete and Nutritional Medicine Consultant provides a host of information that can surprisingly benefit all, even males. “Stress fractures occur more often in female runners because . . . “
Meeting the Group of 7, finding Conch shells in Tennessee, searching for a Pig’s head, eating more Chinese Buffets than a Beijing native, sleeping at the home of “the bomb,” Oak Ridge . . . read this delightfully engaging, funny, and engineering-precise tour of the 2011 Barkley as told by traveling ultra-envoy, Al Holtz.
Study these championship snowshoe-racing lessons from two-time USSSA National Winner, Minnesota’s Greg Hexum. No better cheat sheet — what leaders are thinking in a race — is available for earning a coveted spot on the USSSA National Team. Nothing like this tutorial . . .
Here is a forecast: trail-racing popularity is now officially exploding and will continue growing from here. Ultrarunning Magazine reported race results and finishers were profoundly up in 2010 and expected to zoom in 2011. Here are some good examples why:
The two-time National USSSA Girl’s Junior Champion is tearing up tracks and roads already in the young Colorado season . . . Makes one wonder what led to this improvement.
A constant on the trails is finding legend Al Holtz from the Twin Cities, Minnesota; perhaps better said is “seeing” Holtz with his unique bottle strapping system, hat program, and occasionally, a lumberjack beard. His reports are terrific reads. He is allowing us to publish his recent assault on the Massanutten. You better read it — you just might be mentioned. Like John Taylor. And Susan Donnelly.
Why do this? Combining the art of mountain biking with the insanity of tortuous trail runs. The answer is easy: masochistic tendencies for extended athletic pain and effort. We travelled the net to New Zealand finding the answer by asking endurance athlete, Gary Moller, with his academic qualifications that would take a 50 km race to list. Here’s what you need to know right now . . .
Coach Steve Ilg helps his winter warriors achieve transformation. One example is morphing fitness training into a spiritual practice. In Durango, that’s called the Winter Warrior Snowshoe Race. Now about the pure pain part . . .
I was recently introduced as a fitness nut, which I thought was crackers
Having The Ultimate Guide to Trail Running is like owning a skyscraper with the floors packed full of all things trail as professionals such as authors, Nancy Hobbs and Adam W. Chase, remain ready at your beck and call on every page. No elevators in this tower of knowledge . . .
Whether your running shoes use air, gel, foam or jello — jello? — to absorb the shock of landing a foot, none will match the science of Sir Isaac’s principles integrated into Newton Running, pushing your feet up, up and away like a built-in pocket-rocket.
The 32nd version of this unique spring distance tune-up produced history…
Now Wilderness Athlete is again leading the way with a $500 bounty for finishers in the Gnarly Bandit Ultra Trail Series. Here’s how to get your share:
When Duluth’s Eric Hartmark won the inaugural Exeter Marathon (RI) in 2:21 he led by 20 minutes at the line. Imagine the difference of pressure at the front today as he was matched shoe-for-shoe by the one snowshoer best qualified to pounce like a snow tiger if he erred: multiyear National Team member, Scott Gall of Iowa . . .
Colorado women attacked the hills of Cable, Wisconsin’s famed snow courses, discovering gold momentum as Brandy Erholtz (top photo), Evergreen (a Minnesota native), won her second senior women’s national title, coupled with Samantha (Sam) Lewis, Boulder, nailing a consecutive junior girl’s championship.
“Three Old Guys and a Dame:” The story of Outstanding Airmen of the Year winner, Cheryl Moore, the newest competitor arriving at Lakewoods Resorts, Cable, Wisconsin, for the 2011 Dion USSSA National Championships. Read of her award winning USAF career taken to a new level in the world of snowshoe racing — and some catchy words, too. And, what about those eggs?
When you are the largest, oldest, and ‘Fun-est’ snowshoe race in the West, you just get an attitude that is infectious to those who race it and those who wish they could.
Big Foot identified at the Big Foot Boogie Qualifier, Michigan, and he bops and hops on the snow better than anyone else.
Kevin Tilton owns the Sidehiller Dion USSSA National Championship qualifier or so it seems as he has dominated once again for his fifth straight victory here
Glacial Park enters the Qualifying list for the USSSA with a welcoming tough course to challenge those willing to enter its historic gates of ice.
The White Clouds Mountains and their snow-covered trails lift snowshoers to the sky with peaks visible above 11,000 feet. Welcome to the Sun Valley Nordic and Snowshoe Center in the backyard of the world famous Sun Valley Lodge and the stunning terrain — perfect place for a USSSA Championship showdown at high noon!
Vinland National Center, Loretto, Minnesota, uses their Winter Walkabout snowshoe day as a fun and successful model for non-profits raising awareness and funds. But what has Norway got to do with it?
What would YOU do with Wilderness Athlete’s Mountain Berry Energy Gel, tasting berrier than raspberry preserves?
Times of negative temperatures for this enduring Dion Snowshoes USSSA National Championship qualifier must be in the past as this year these hardy Alaskan snowshoers enjoyed a cozy ten-degree temperature and temperament.
This is an update on athletes qualified to compete at the Dion Snowshoes USSSA 2011 National Snowshoe Championships March 11 – 13, Cable, Wis. These summaries were provided in an interview with USSSA Sports Director, the infamous Mark Elmore.
Mark cautioned . . .
Here is the Big Foot spotted for 2011: By finishing a 50 km snowshoe race at age 50 with 50 minutes margin ahead of a supreme effort for second, the overall winner is . . .
Mendon Hills remains a throwback race with the basics ruling and no frills one of those basics. However, two steps (frills?) were added this year. Can you name them?
When you line up at the Tennessee Pass Nordic Center start line, do not bring your wimpy game to play. Race director, Bruce Kelly, doesn’t allow such a thing. Why? Because . . .
What to do before Christmas? Race snowshoes, of course. Get rid of stress, have fun, rejoice in the beauty of deep snow at the Northstar Resort. Sounds genteel enough; that is until you look at the course layout.
Here is a start for you: Downhill! What a concept (see photo).
The sun was brightly shining, and the “epic” powder that has dumped over 3.5 feet of snow at the race site made this year’s race a memorable one. The elk had made encampments all along the race trail. The weight of their massive bodies created snow forts all along the trail . . .
Nescopeck State Park hosts this annual snowshoe fest in Pennsylvania, as the yellow brick road for traveling to the Dion USSSA Nationals here is traveling Honey Hole Road.
A record turnout determines what? That local favorite, Jared Scott, still takes the win with this one advantage . . . He’s wearing Kathoola’s famous snowshoes with the detachable shoe? No! He’s wearing Kahtoola’s new Racing snowshoe . . .
Robert Jones won the men’s 9 Km qualifier, but get this: He was second overall, which means . . .
Smugglers Notch Resort Nordic Center marked a big date with its tenth annual snowshoe race and family snowshoe festival. The winner has some history, too . . .
Hard packed by the previous cross-country ski race and marked by skijoring “dog doo” the inaugural King Boreas 7.5 km snowshoe race was a fast affair with early sections momentarily dipping into sub-6 minute mile pace.
New Mexico enters the Qualifying calendar for the 2011 Dion Snowshoes USSSA National Championships with this enthralling race, the Low 02 Snowshoe Challenge in the Enchanted Forest. In legend, an enchanted forest is where strange things can occur with strange people — hey, that’s snowshoe racing.
A blast of flying snow started the six-mile race as snowshoe racers churned up the opening 3/4-mile of open field single-track at the Murphy-Hanrehan State Park in the southern Twin Cities suburb of Savage, Minnesota.
It was a glacial day, and the temperatures plummeted to . . . well it was just plain cold let’s leave it at that. However, the wind was calm, thank goodness. The snowshoers and the other racers, cross-country skiers, warmed the day with heated races and scorching finishes . . . and a unique start.
PC Rasmussen, Lakewood’s owner, takes challenges seriously. Therefore, when Wisconsin’s John Kann the 2010 USSSA National Championship gold medalist for the 55-59 class said the course should be tougher after they laid out an initial version, PC brought in his secret weapon — the other side of “M” or, like the movie goes, Dial ‘M’ for Misery. See it here first:
For any big distance in Midwest snowshoeing, one had to trek to Duluth, Minnesota — until the Northwoods retired at a peak in 2009 and left a void. Stepping in to fill the slot and a convenient southern edge of the Twin Cities metro location, too, is the Winterrific Snowshoe Races and its several choices in the quiet woods next to the hubbub of metro life.
As happens in technology labs and medical devices, breakthroughs bubble up from entrepreneurs just like Deb Kreutzer and her team. Working with tight budgets at her self-described farmette in a rural community and with little outside encouragement, she and her dedicated snowshoe team have gone and done it: Here they are, the world’s first collapsible snowshoes with the just announced name: SnoXu.
If you snowshoe in cold weather — well, duh! — you need a Talus ColdAvenger Mask. As the fellow declares in an infomercial about an unrelated product: “If ya’ got a brain in ya’ head . . .”
A major move up the food chain of snowshoe series comes roaring out of the Rockies like a blizzard. The Beaver Creek Snowshoe Series now offers big bread for prize money: $15,000. That is a lot of dough!
This may be the only opportunity you will get to have your cake and drink it, too.
The winter of 1755 was particularly severe at Fort William Henry in an area we now know as New York in the northeastern USA. One group was out and fighting for the cause in winter blizzards in what is now remembered as the French and Indian War. This is their honor; this is their story.
Could you have imagined: The rapid adoption of snowshoeing in the USA has led to the growth of multiple snowshoe race series throughout the country. Historically the granddaddy of all series, the Western Massachusetts Athletic Club Dion Snowshoe Series, launches the competitive season in Florida.
This is almost a secret combo, only discovered at Snowshoe Magazine by accident. Even GoldToe does not know of it. Why, you ask? Open your mind and prepare to be surprised!
The United States Snowshoe Association acknowledges two of its finest champions and medalists by naming the Senior Women’s and Men’s National Championship Trophies in their honor. Mark Elmore, USSSA Sports Director, announced . . .
Whatever the name, Turkey Day runs have proliferated, becoming as much of a tradition as the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade. What was the name of the race you were in? One stands out as quite special. Find out here . . .
The Sawtooth 100, one of the premier 100 mile trail ultra endurance events, is now considered a test for competing in one of the grand daddies of the sport, the Hardrock 100. Joining 18 other events, including . . .
When Goldtoe Moretz developed the powerful PowerSox Merino Wool Boot Sock, they must have thought they should receive all of the credit for creating such a comfortable, cushioned sock. Our investigation uncovered a happy clue. A photo reveals the source.
It is not pumpkins on Halloween and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, though that is not bad. The carved pumpkin gives a new clarity of T.S Eliot’s famed “The Hollow Man” by the time turkey days roll around. How about some of the best — defined here as great names — trail races of the year providing not only a spirited time but also holiday appropriate shirts and gear. Is this your favorite race, the one in Palmer Lake Colorado called . . .
Guess who I found is using the Energizer Ultimate Headlight, the one with the L.E.D.’s . . . think speedy, and you will have a clue. Also, I discovered more proof this headlight is the Ultimate in headlights, beaming out like a Duluth ore ship. Continue reading
When the future looks bad, you can’t see the way back home, I need help, please hold my hand! No! Better still, do this: get the nifty “best new friend” of you glasses or shades, Lens Jackets. All that may be wrong in your life is, simply, your lenses are dirty, scratched, pocked or chocked . . . Here’s how to fix it:
The most perfect of a fall day invited ultra trailites to untangle the mysteries of the new Grand Portage trail addition to the mix of twists and turns, climbs and rocks that comprise this intriguing course. On one of the country’s ten best 100 km layouts, a single athlete outdistances all…
Not available in any other form, but combine this special mix of two intriguing Wilderness Athlete products for a feeling that was best described by rugged mountain firefighters. They called it ‘Superman.’ Now you can share that strength and learn the formula . . .
Your tiny friend in the dark, this new addition from 4Sevens Lights continues their tradition of creative engineering — at the speed of light, it seems — pushing ingenious thought to the limit. See, they have this attachment . . .
The new rage in sock wear is compression, helping your lower legs circulate valuable bodily fluids up and away versus making your foot a storage jug. Injinji leaps to the front of the field with their entry, the Ex-Celerator Performance Toesocks.
Simply stated, there’s none better.
If you think only famous names in trail and snowshoe headlights make quality headlamps, and battery companies only manufacture batteries, you’ll miss a gigantic leap in engineering and a hop to the front of the wearable headlight class by the Energizer Bunny’s lithium LED entry. Why you need to know this is . . .
Ultrarunners gathered at the Pederson ranch in Zumbro Falls, Minnesota, after a devasting example of the power of the Zumbro River when on steroids, representing in microcosm the heart of trail racing throughout the country. This group by proxy shows the deep human spirit one gathers foot-by-foot, making way on steep, unforgiving paths.
What a perfect day for quick times and an entertaining race in the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities as cool temperatures and low clouds provided a perfect backdrop. The dirt trails are like the Superior Trails, way up north, except . . .
A freakish multiday rain deluge in southern Minnesota left towns and farms devastated with ten inches that uniquely created Lake Interstate 35, thereby closing the main southern escape route out of the state. If you live in the city of Zumbro Falls, as do race directors Larry and Colleen Pederson, on the banks of the roaring Zumbro River, the outcome is . . .
Due to runner demand for a shorter distance offering at the Wild Duluth Ultra Trail Races of 50 km and 100 km, Andy and Kim Holak are adding a new, last minute race, the “Harder ‘n Hell”
Need a way to get that win on a trail ultra? Need to pass that snowshoer whipping you to the finish line? Here’s how: first, change your stinkin’ thinkin’ where past results have tainted your view of gels. You may have worn out stomaching something that wasn’t providing the results you were promised, yet you kept at it until . . . until you stopped.
As if humping up and down these mountains with black new-moon light wasn’t challenging enough, an on-and-off again predicted rain slammed the course and created fog limiting vision to inches. Arriving at midnight with a sudden cold, the additional challenge created finishers with fortitude worthy of Gitchee Gumee. New idea . . . how about
The best snowshoe competitors in North America are invading Birkebeiner territory March 11-13 to contest the 2011 Dion Snowshoes USSSA National Snowshoe Championships. Landing at the famed Lakewoods Resort in Cable,Wisconsin, they will be greeted with hospitality honed over 100-years and a heritage extending to five generations. It just happens . . .
You are burning those new LED flashlights for long night 100-mile quests. You need lithium batteries popularly made by a wild bunny named Energizer. They have two choices. I tested them for you in the middle of the night. But, what about that tree . . . .
Glitzy Life Time Fitness Pockets Leadville: Paradigm Shift Underway. For better or for worse, the future has arrived. Here comes liquidity for trail race owners as they put cash in the treasure chest for the very creations they developed — and sweated over — t-shirts for volunteers who made it all work, and names like the Walmart Western States 100 coming to dominate the new landscape.
Chris Lundstrom didn’t lose his way and Eve Rukavina-Rembliski led the way in the ultra 50 km while Ben Kampf flies and Sue Reuben Tri’s the 25 km into submission.
Here are Ten Unwritten Rules of Snowshoe (and Trail) Racing. Rules that may be helpful in snowshoe racing and trail racing, too! Check them out. Particularly number six . . . .
Tommy Johnson Sr. gets in your face with How I Survived Absolute Terminal Cancer
*A book review (reprinted through the courtesy of Radioactive Drag Racing News www.go2geiger.com)
Friends Jeanette and Jerry way out in Alaska in the Lake Clark Reserve keep track of our fox friends playing in the snow. Here’s what they saw:
It helps when the founding Race Director not only teaches art but also creates it, and when I say “creates,” I mean really creates. See these four Wynn Davis examples. If you’re fortunate, good or just lucky, one might be yours:
(This article is brought to you with the compliments of StartLine Running Store, a sponsor of the Superior Spring Races. “Regardless of your goal, our focus is to help you get to the StartLine.” Their experienced runners and triathletes can be reached at www.start-line.com, Minnetonka, Minn.)
A dazzling day, full-to-the-rim fields, and races with enough plot twists to make their own switchbacks . . . what better way to celebrate the eighth annual 2010 Superior Trail races. The 50 km’s special designation as the Upper Midwest Trail Runners Ultra Championship was an additional honor and recognition of this event’s importance. Moreover, this race is a key component of the UMTR Fab 5 Fifties Ultra Series.
A dazzling day, full-to-the-rim fields, and races with enough plot twists to make their own switchbacks . . . what better way to celebrate the eighth annual 2010 Superior Trail races. The 50 km’s special designation as the Upper Midwest Trail Runners Ultra Championship was an additional honor and recognition of this event’s importance. Moreover, this race is a key component of the UMTR Fab 5 Fifties Ultra Series.
If ever a sock can make you feel fast on snowshoes, Under Armour has it with their Snowsport Rollins (for Men) and Palma (for women). So, step up; but you had better make it quick. These socks seemingly move on their own.
After the Syracuse National Championships, what was the number one factor front runners referenced that aided medal winners? Well, Snowshoe Magazine gave you the answer BEFORE the Championship race at Fabius, NY, even before any of the 2010 Qualifiers. To help you next year win, place, and show, we’re adding additional information that ace feature writer, Brad Canham, recently uncovered expanding the concept, and inserting that in the original article. And rerunning the whole piece just for you. It was titled — well, you’ll discover that in a few moments. For now click and read on before you start clearing new space for those dandy USSSA Championship medals.
The 2010 USSSA PowerSox National Championships knocked the socks off the country’s best snowshoers on a wickedly wavy way worthy of this historic Tenth Anniversa-race. Extended Special Coverage of this record gathering of all things snowshoe racing is presented by Snowshoe Magazine in Feature Articles, starting right now
Will there ever be a more thrilling Senior Women’s race and finish than that between Amber Cullen-Ferreira and Cheryl Paulson?
Just in time for the USSSA Snowshoe Nationals: Add Stuffitts Shoe Savers to your race gear now and find yourself making new friends. Plus, get them at Fleet Feet, a sponsor of the Championships — with a location in Syracuse, too. How about that! And, stop stinkin’ up the races at the same time. Here’s how:
This is it! The week of the USSSA PowerSox Nationals at the Highland Park, Fabulous Fabius, New York. All Qualifying races are done, recorded, the results posted. Qualified Snowshoers are making their way to the snowshoe warrior battleground at all points Tully, using every mode of transportation available. Get there if you dare . . . You dare not get there!
Crescent’s Gold 12 Snowshoe racers bind to the snowshoer’s foot like no other, reflecting ingenuity and creativity that has exploded throughout their product line. Like these…
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The meandering single-track layout long conceived for the Snowshoe Shuffle Qualifier in the Twin Cities was unveiled on this perfect day. The result? “Wow!” Same for the results, too . . . .
The race organizers of the Love Me Tender Snowshoe Adventure have been praying to the Norse god Ullr (God of snow sports) for well over a month now. A Norse God did answer their prayers, but not Ullr. Don’t you wonder which one it might be? And, what does the St. Valentine’s Massacre have to do with a USSSA Snowshoe Qualifier? And, How did Elvis save the day? Read on, Winter Warriors: Read Darren Brungardt’s Account of the day.
Son and Father Quednow take the top two spots at a very fast and competitive Athens Snowshoe Race, Wisconsin’s most Udder Fun. What a beautiful snowshoe day for a fast race:
I wrote in “UltraSuperior”, the book, “Everybody needs a little Maynard in their lives,” referring to Bloomington, MN’s Maynard Lagace. Snowshoe races do, too. See how…
It was a perfect day for the Jazztrax Snowshoe Stomp at Bear Valley, Ca.– for once! The conditions were much better than in the years past; this time the blizzards happened during the week, dumping about eight feet of new snow on Bear Valley. Locally, that’s considered flurries….
All roads lead to Syracuse, New York to make the show at the 10th USSSA National Championships to be held March 6th. Here are some pointers to help you get there in this first ever Snowshoe Magazine travel guide:
Snowshoers gathered in rousing numbers to race the USSSA 10km Qualifier, Half-Marathon, and one of the countries only Snowshoe Marathons for the last time as it is 20-years-and-out for this storied event.
How Does Charles Dickens play into a snowshoe race? “‘Tis love that makes the world go round, my baby,” he wrote. And here your author thought it was snowshoeing! Read on to discover what Chuck really needed to know . . . .
A Passion For Romping On Snow Shoes In An Urban Setting and A Few Daily Runs On A Toboggan As Well. Only in Minnesota…
Who is the National USSSA Champion laying down the gauntlet, drawing a
line in the . . . well . . . SNOW . . . at the Rib Lake Qualifier?
New Route dazzles at Pazzos Pedal Power USSSA 10km Qualifier,
kicking off the 2010 Qualifying Season . . . in 2009!
Hot times in snowshoeing are occurring! Many types of ground root, alpha activities to introduce our sport to a wider mass are underway. You need to get involved. Here are two examples of what’s going on:
As in Poltergiest, the Movie: “They’re Hereeeee.” Not aliens in our winter movie, instead bundled athletes finally racing snowshoe qualifiers throughout the five USSSA regions, securing a slot to race the National Championship. Here’s the scoop you need:
Is there such a thing as pillows for your snowshoeing feet? Yes! They are called over-the-calf PowerSox Anatomical Performance Fit, the Cadillac of winter trail socks.
Brian J Theriault,
How the El Salvadoran Snowshoe Special Olympics Team trains . . . on sand?
And, you if think there are regulations in snowshoeing and other snow sports, see the outcome of a Special Olympics event — decided by the dreaded 15% rule.
The annual Kahtoola Snow-Or-No USSSA snowshoe race in the desert – correct that, it’s close to the desert – again provides racers with challenges only found where?
I highlighted the extremely close finish at the USSSA National Championship of a group of snowshoers in the men’s group.
Here is the action brought to you up close and live by one of those racers . . .
“Whew! I’m exhausted!” exclaimed Mark Elmore, Sports Director for the United States Snowshoe Association (USSSA) at the conclusion of the March 6-8, 2009 National Snowshoe Championships . . . and well he should be with a terrifically successful event, the association’s ninth, concluded with some of the deepest snow conditions yet and terrific competition all the way through the brackets. And here’s the story of the race . . .
The 2009 Snowshoe Person of the Year was honored today by Mark Elmore, Sports Director of the United States Snowshoe Association, at the USSSA National Championship awards presentation following Today’s Championship Mens and Womens 10 KM races. Now, the 2009 winner is…
The Second Annual Ellsworth Winter Carnival Snowshoe Race was held at the Woodlawn Black House Trails, Bar Harbor, Maine on Saturday February 14th, 2009. A huge Valentine’s gift came…
You’ve read the article with photos; now enjoy an extra edition of pictures from the race under azure skies . . . .
Why stomp the frozen swamp? Why is Sno’Dog holding Iversons wooden snowshoes? Why did a record group of dedicated snowshoers turn out in the Nine Mile Forest Recreation Area near Wausau, Wisconsin, to chase the Sno’Dog (see photo)? It’s all here…
Starting and finishing at Black Creek in Athens, Wisconsin, the Udder Snowshoe Race has the feel of a festival yet attracts top participants from the region. Why? It is all because of the fun race director, Christine Kepner, and her team of volunteers provide in this one-of- a-kind snowshoe event. Do the winners really have to jump into the frozen drink?
400 snowshoers chase Jay Punke’s performance on a picturesque Wisconsin day in the heart of this Hot Bed of Snowshoeing. What did he do that’s so spectacular? Well, how about…
The Park City Rail Trail Snowshoe Stomp on January 10, 2009, was as fun as ever, the sun was out, the snow was great and the weather was perfect. This event is now in its 12th year; those who snowshoe race…
The big question on the minds of those racing one of the three venues at the 19th Annual race is…
The 4th Annual Jazztrax Snowshoe Stomp once again brought a beautiful blanket of snow to the Bear Valley Cross Country Center in California; on January 25th, 31 competitors braved the snowstorm…
At the start, no one remembered the sudden warmth that engulfed Minneapolis/St. Paul for a few days prior to this annual USSSA Qualifier, the Snowshoe Shuffle, putting the snow coating in danger…the reason? A surprise entrant in the 10km overwhelmed the record group of entrants and lifted the spirits of all…
One hundred and thirteen athletes chose this as their event of choice with 51 participating in the 3K romp and 62 choosing the grueling, hilly, single track terrain of the 10km course, a USSSA National Championship Qualifier. Read Race Director, Mindy Nicholds, exciting account of the race with dramatic photos…
Sean Connery was a major player in the movie “Hunt for the Red October;” I was the unwitting star in “Hunt for the Blaze January.” On a smaller scale, to say the least, but the situation created for me much of the same tension Adam Baldwin felt when he briefed the Security Chiefs early in that movie — my heart was in my throat. How did this happen?
Leave it to Braveheart Racer, Jim McDonell, to get the flavor at the second edition of the Rib Lake Qualifier: “19 degrees (F) and rolling wooded hills of heavenly groomed white stuff.” What does that yield for the racers?
Which famous cartoonist created the year’s funniest snowshoe cartoon?
Check it out here…
The 2009 National Snowshoe Championship quest just got underway…in 2008!
What National Champion started the new qualifying season with a win? Read on.
Croon along, Snowshoers and dance with Gene Kelly “Singing in the Rain” but on snowshoes, snow…with Rain!
“I’m sno-shoeing in the rain; Just sno-shoeing in the rain. What a glor-i-ous feelin,’ I’m hap-py again….”
Read on, snowshoe choir, I’ll tell you how and why (why?) to snowshoe in the rain:
There are pockets of snowshoeing throughout America that qualify as ‘hot beds’ of this sport – enormous interest in snowshoeing demonstrated through a concentrated number of events and participation in a small geographical area. We are identifying them from coast to coast and will present them to you in editions of Snowshoe Magazine starting with this one.
And now, the first “Hot Bed of Snowshoeing in the U.S.A.” is…
It is here! The 2009 USSSA National Championship Qualifying Season has arrived and with it the opportunity to compete with America’s best at the United States Snowshoe Association National Championship, White River Snow Park, Mt. Hood, Oregon, March 8, 2009.
Start planning now…
So the forecast on this late October weekend was for heavy winds with gusts exceeding 50 mph, rain and snow mixed, with all-snow falling further North of the Twin Cities metro. Perfect conditions to get out on the trail and work on acclimatizing.
What do log homes and wooden snowshoes have in common?
A whole lot, as it turns out.
A freak Spring snowstorm blanketed the Upper Midwest setting up conditions that allowed Phillip Gary Smith, Minneapolis, MN, to snowshoe a 50 km ultra distance race (31 miles) on single track ungroomed trails in competition – becoming the only person in the U.S. to do so.
If only Julius Caesar could have been at the Lakewoods Resort snowshoe racing back in 44 BC, he might have avoided a very bad day, and the Ides of March would have a different meaning. If only he could have seen this beautiful course laid out in the territory of Northwestern Wisconsin, with inches of fresh new snow topping the winter’s accumulation, and the surrounding forests and rolling hills treating racers to a rolling route that was never once boring. It would be impossible to have aggressive tendencies, no ‘Brutus’ acts, at least those that lead to such unfortunate acts, in such a pristine world; the map might have changed back then. Continue reading
A glorious and glamorous day dawned at the Snowbasin Resort, Ogden, Utah, for the running of the 2008 United States Snowshoe Association’s Eighth annual PowerSox Championships. In a setting destined to be one of the all time greats for these races, and accommodations to match, racers from 19 states gathered to do battle on these pristine slopes.
Mr. Whitecheeks Checks Out Snowshoes – Photos by Jeanette and Jerry Mills Continue reading
A beautiful but chilly day greeted the field ready to challenge for the 2008 Pennsylvania State Snowshoe Championships (see picture of start). The race was held at the Nescopeck State Park in Dennison Township. Continue reading
The day dawned bright, blue and glorious, just like Tim Dusick would have willed it. In fact, he may just have. Continue reading
The region’s snowshoe race circuit ends its season on Saturday, March 15th, 2008 at the Lakewoods Resort, Cable, Wisconsin, with the running of the ‘Hot Air For Hearts’ 5km and 10km snowshoe race/walk. Combined with Lakewoods’ Hot Air Balloon Rally, the festive weekend is a creative fund raiser for the heart benefit initiative of the Cable Lions Club. Continue reading
The Seventh Annual Northern Vermont USSSA Qualifier started off great with a temperature of 30 degrees and calm overcast conditions. By the end, however, epic Vermont weather challenged the racers as much as the twisting, turning course. Continue reading
50 seemed to be the magic number for the 2008 Fairbanks Snowshoe Classic. It was 50 degrees warmer than last years race, 18 F degrees above zero this year, a virtual heat wave in Alaska . . . and the 10KM runner-up in the men’s race celebrated a fiftieth birthday! And took him some hardware as a present, too. Although there were not 50 racers, the group that showed had enough enthusiasm for a hundred. Continue reading
Sam’s Club stores can smile big time after their first foray into United States Snowshoe Association racing yielded such sensational results. As East Side Neighborhood Services Development Director, Ruth Ann Weiss, exclaimed, “This is the most exciting year of our snowshoe racing history. Snowshoers came out in record numbers. And the day! A good snow blanket, blue sky sun and warming into the 20′s made it perfect.” Continue reading
Never a more idyllic day or setting for a New Hampshire snowshoe race as Saturday, February 9, 2008, in Sandwich. As Race Director and WMM President Paul Kirsch said, “Conditions for this year’s edition of the Sidehiller 4 miler could not have been any more perfect.” Lots of snow before hand, and then a ‘teenager’ snow fall (accumulating into the teens of inches) a few days prior to the race, provided a scene straight out of The Bob Newhart Show which featured scenes from the town of Sandwich. Continue reading
In this third year of the Iowa State Snowshoe Championships, the Gall’s dominance continues as Sarah (see picture), 28, once again proved a formidable force. Husband Scott, U.S. National Team member, needed to fulfill an obligation with their church and was out of town for the race, leaving Sarah with the duty of upholding the family honor. Continue reading
Back at the formation of this race in Erbach Park, Athens, Wisconsin, it was sponsored by the Athens Advancement and Agriculture Association (AAAA), giving forever a heritage (and name) that carries forward, albeit uniquely, with a nod to the diary industry in the region. Jumping into ice water in February became such a big fund raiser for the group through their ‘Udder Plunge’ – I would suggest paying NOT to jump would be an equal worthy cause – that race director, Christine Kepner, thought “who else would be this crazy,” and naturally enough, snowshoe racers came to mind. Continue reading
No one caught BIG FOOT at this year’s version of the annual Traverse City, Michigan, USSSA Qualifier, and neither were they able to catch Mr. Fleet-a-foot, overall winner and champion, Nick Allen. Over 103 ten kilometer racers lined up to try, the best ever turnout for this race. Race Director, Randy Step, says it best, “I love this race! I love a winter road trip to Traverse City! Continue reading
Wow! What a day at the Jazztrax Snowshoe Stomp! Mother Nature played the snow sax and blew a few billion flakey notes to set up one great challenge for the hearty snowshoe players in this concert. The conductor, Patty Jo Struve, along with Bear Valley Cross County’s Paul Peterson, wrote a composition that had two choruses: one called ‘ten kilometer’ and the other a ‘fiver.’ Continue reading
Tim Dusick will be honored at the snowshoe race he helped create and directed, the ‘Rumble in the Jungle.’ The 2nd annual competition, scheduled for Saturday, February 9th at 11:00, was rejuvenated after Tim succumbed to cancer in January, 2008. Members of the Indianhead Track Club and friends overwhelmingly felt continuing this event would be a wonderful tribute to the spirit and drive of this warm, caring, beloved athlete and man. Continue reading
This USSSA Qualifier, held high in the Colorado Mountains, featured extreme cold, stormy snow falls, and plenty of servings of hardmountain snowshoeing – just the ticket to win extra servings of the post event feature: Hot baked pasta. Continue reading
When you think of snowshoe racing, add a new destination to your GPS: Flagstaff, Arizona! For the second year in a row, the Kahtoola ‘Snow or No’ Snowshoe Race not only had plenty of what Race Director, Tim Allen, calls “the good stuff,” but accumulations stacking to three . . . feet (!), not inches. Organizers may have to change the race name to: ‘Kahtoola Means Snow’ Snowshoe Race.’ Continue reading
Cold created by winter combined with a feast styled the 2008 version of the Mendon Ponds Winterfest. Only thing missing was an abundance of snow for the United States Snowshoe Association’s Qualifier. So, a run over partially snow covered fields had to do, but the results . . . they were the same. Continue reading
The 2008 edition of the White River Snowshoe Races will go down in history as the greatest of the event thus far. The X-Dog Event team, led by race director, Kevin Foreman, showed their promotional flair in attracting nearly 200 snowshoers to attack this classic mountain course, making it the biggest gun in the west when it comes to participants. Continue reading
Winter storm warnings continuing after another 20″ of fresh new snow caused the ‘Gallop in Gallatin’ lap to be shortened for 2008 to three kilometers from five, yielding a six kilometer, two loop race for the USSSA Qualifier. Run in the heart of the Rockies at the Bohart Ranch Cross Country Ski Ranch, Montana, snowshoers race on one of the top venues in the 21 USSSA Qualifying event circuit. Continue reading
Whether leaving the warm confines of the event’s host hotel, The Fitgers Historic Inn, or homes in Minneapolis/St. Paul or other locales and driving to Lester Park in Duluth, Minnesota, on race morning one could not miss the nearly-full Waxing Gibbous Moon hanging yellowish in the western sky. Slightly oblong at this stage the big ‘Cheese’ moon, pride of Duluth’s neighboring twin port, Superior, Wisconsin and that entire state for that matter, seemed to be hunched over in sympathy with the gnarly challenge that lay in store for the brave Northwood Championship snowshoe racers. Continue reading
Celebrating winter has always been a trademark of the United States Snowshoe Association, but none is bigger than the celebration surrounding the largest snowshoe race on the globe — The Italian La Ciaspolada. Continue reading
The sun danced ‘cross the sky Saturday, January 12, 2008, “skipped the light Fandango,” as Procol Harum would sing, as a record group toed the line for the 11th annual Rail Trail Snowshoe Stomp in Olympic Park City, Utah. Continue reading
To become fleet-a-foot . . . well, some of us are destined never to achieve that particular notation, but all can go a long way to improving ourselves not only to snowshoe quicker and better, trail run quicker and better, and perhaps even extend our life expectancies to the point where we actually get out of debt. . . Yes, that long! Continue reading
State Fairs throughout the U.S.A. feature food of all sorts served not on plates but rather on sticks. From the original Dip Dog to now even Twinkies and the ever popular cheese curds . . . ain’t it great to be modern? Continue reading
The Rib Lake Ski & Snowshoe Club’s debut as one of the 21 National Championship USSSA Qualifiers was a huge success as great organization, deep snow, and elite racers combined for an enthusiastic start to the race season. Introducing a new 10km course for their first ever United States Snowshoe Association sanctioned event, the club set a high bar for the remainder of the qualifying season. Continue reading
To become fleet-a-foot . . . well, some of us are destined never to achieve that particular notation, but all can go a long way to improving ourselves not only to snowshoe quicker and better, trail run quicker and better, and perhaps even extend our life expectancies to the point where we actually get
out of debt. . . Yes, that long! Continue reading
A wonderful time of the day to snowshoe is . . . well, anytime is great, actually, but for many the schedule doesn’t have any free time once the day gets underway. Or one is so worn out by late afternoon the requirement to load up the equipment and go overwhelms the desire. Snowshoes never felt so heavy. Continue reading
With the temperature several double bogeys below zero, it was time to start a training regimen, 4:15 a.m., on a two mile undulating snowshoe course laid out on the fresh snow cover at a nationally known golf course close to my home. Four hours later, completing the session, getting home, showering, and, as Gomer Pyle would exclaim on the Andy Griffith Show, finding a “surprise, surprise, surprise!” Continue reading
Running trail early mornings in November at the Afton State Park, Minnesota, a popular route for Twin Cities dirt diggers, one can witness the ski alps making snow over the next valley. Bright lights substitute for the moon, and the snow machines grind out big noise in spitting out their homemade blizzard. Continue reading
On a day described by medalist Roddie Larson (more on her later) as “Hawaii on snow,” snowshoers competiting in the 2007 USSSA National Championship saw bright blue sky, cloudless sun, and lots of snow. USSSA Executive Director, Mark Elmore, announced to the crowd gathered on the outdoor plaza of the Elm Creek Park Reserve’s phenomenal chalet facility, “This has been the largest Nationals ever . . .and on a beautiful day.” Continue reading
Driving into Elm Creek Park Reserve one is struck with the thought:
This place is beautiful, and there’s lots of snow. The new, very large Visitor Snowshoe Chalet (okay, okay, so they call it a ‘ski chalet’) looms big time in the foreground as you weave through the entrance road. A sense of excitement starts to build, getting closer, knowing the 2007 National Snowshoe Championships are going to be contested right here, real soon! Continue reading
A wild day was had by all in this annual USSSA National Championship Qualifier. Earlier in the week, a pre-spring warming trend caused the snow in the Long Lake Park to disappear faster than money, and with rain forecast, racers were worried that, gulp!, a run might have to do. Mother Nature, though, conspired with Old Man Winter and cooked up a big time snow storm, forecasted to land in the Twin Cities Friday night. Continue reading
For the wimps in the continental U.S., our fellow citizens in Alaska really know how to put us in our place. Imagine waking up for the 2nd Annual Fairbanks Snowshoe Classic, a National Championship Qualifying Event, and being excited that the ‘official’ temperature of -43 was at the airport and the temp at the starting line, a few hundred feet higher on the ski trails at the University of Alaska, would be ‘warmer.’ Continue reading
Congratulations! You’ve qualified for the United States Snowshoe Association’s National Championships to be held at the Elm Creek Park Reserve in the Northwest corner of Minneapolis/St Paul, March 9-10th, 2007. You’re going; you’re taking the spouse, significant other, kids, all the relatives. Continue reading
Two big Superbowls of sport are coming soon. No, not THAT one; it’s over with, and now there is a national shortage of potato chips and other lard based snacks. Continue reading
Mel Gibson wasn’t there, but race director Jim McDonell filled in admirably, donning full ‘Braveheart’ regalia including blue and white face paint and a Scottish kilt accented by … snow pants? ‘You Betcha’ as Minnesotans would be want to say as another celebrity made a scheduled appearance – Mr. ‘Old Man’ Winter. Continue reading
The odds are high I don’t have to tell you, a reader of Snowshoe Magazine, the physical benefits of snowshoeing, so I’m not going there. You can relax about that. Continue reading
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