A far away snowshoeing adventure is always exciting. It also takes planning, time and money when a...
Author - Jim Joque
Snowshoeing for Someone on the Go
At 6 a.m. my alarm goes off. I hit the snooze control for just five more minutes of rest. The darn...
Create Your Own Homemade Snowshoe Repair Kit
Kids, teens, young adults, and parents all seem to enjoy the “what’s in my pack” game. I relay a...
Why Do We Snowshoe? A Psycho-Social Analysis or Just Because
Have you ever wondered why we snowshoe? While in psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud may have said...
Snowshoeing Across the U.S: Midwest, East and West Conditions
Over many years of snowshoeing, I humbly learned lots of lessons through experience. A few years...
Snowshoeing Education 303: All I Want for Christmas Are My Two Front Feet (Decked with Boughs of Accessories)
“When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. ...
Snowshoeing Education 302 – Snowshoeing: Past, Present and Future
Knowing the past and living in the present always leaves us wondering about the future. Knowing...
Snowshoeing Education 301: Up for the Season?
Gearing up for the season by a downhill skier implies that they not only have to get out their...
Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall…Sylvania Offers it All
It was dawn, about 6 AM, when I awoke to the bellowing call of a loon. I am used to waking up at...
High Adventure for a Cause
I do not do high adventure. I am more of a low adventure kind of guy doing snowshoeing, hiking...
Snowshoeing Education 212: What to do Once the Snow is Gone
In my outdoor journal for March 14, 2012, I wrote, “The thermometer read 77 degrees on our way home...
Connecting to Lineage: Crossing Paths on My Ojibwa Snowshoes
My great, great-grandmother on my father’s side of the family was Angelique Beaudoin (pronounced bo...
