Comments on: A Historical Perspective of Snowshoes

By: Clare Polansky

Clare Polansky — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:11:28 +0000

Fantastic description of making snowshoes during the Donner Party catastrophe of 1846 when crossing into California.

Donner Party Dairies-by Daniel M. Rosen
Sunday, December 13, 1846
“Sunday 13th Snows faster than any previous day wind N.W. Stanton & Graves with Several others makeing preperations to cross the Mountains On Snow shoes, snow 8 feet deep on the level dull”
McGlashan recounts the making of the snowshoes: “Mr. F.W. Graves was a native of Vermont, and his boyhood days had been spent in sight of the Green Mountains. Somewhat accustomed to snow, and to pioneer customs, Mr. Graves was the only member of the party who understood how to construct snow-shoes. … By carefully sawing the ox-bows into strips, so as to preserve their curved form, Mr. Graves, by means of rawhide thongs, prepared very serviceable snow-shoes.”

By: Richard kositzke

Richard kositzke — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 16:13:48 +0000

I have a pair ov clckekers. Dateting from the early 1980s

By: Marc Langlois

Marc Langlois — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 21:19:49 +0000

I have some collectable traditionnal snowshoes from Indigenous of Eastern Canada’s Indigenous as Cree, Montagnais, Naskapis. I also have about 200 traditional objects.
I am looking for a person, group or institution interested in acquiring my collection. I worked 38 years for the Department of Indian and Inuit Affairs of Canada.
Best regards
Marc Langlois

By: Deb Kreutzer

Deb Kreutzer — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:36:01 +0000

One of the biggest innovations in snowshoes that you have not touched upon is the SnowXu Collapsible Snowshoe – the world’s ONLY folding snowshoe. This was featured in a Snowshoe Magazine artice by Philip Gary Smith about 10 years ago. SnowXu has been quiet lately – but is not gone. You could actually be helpful in spreading this innovation throughtout the industry. SnowXu got great reviews from almost all users – and deserves to be recognized.