Jim Joque, Author at Snowshoe Magazine

A Few U.S. Artisans Keep Traditional Snowshoes a Tradition

The word “artisan” is defined online in Merriam-Webster as “a worker who practices a trade or...

On a visit to Colorado in 2005, I went snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). I drove...

Flames flickered as we sat around a campfire one winter evening while I told a story to friends...

During the 1980s, when my two daughters were in middle school, I introduced them to cross-country...

I like looking down from high places. To do so is exhilarating, provides lovely views, and makes me...

Hulda Crooks put on her 25-pound backpack and headed out in the early morning to climb Mt. Whitney...

Bases were loaded. One more kick into the outfield and their team could gain some home runs...

“Putting on my snowshoes for the first time each winter is like a rebirth. Having done so before...

While sitting on chairs around an old wooden table, a warm wood fire slowly burned in a stove, and...

“Okay, everyone, line up,” I began by saying to the class. “We are going to play follow-the-leader...

What was the northernmost part of our country a million-plus years ago during the Ice Age? Well...

On a moonlit evening with 14 college students, I parked the university van at a trailhead where we...