Snowshoeing

I have always wanted to try snowshoeing and today I did. 

It was a beautiful day on Mount Seymour, the sun was shining, not a ton of snow, but enough that some the trails were open. My partner in snowshoe crime today wishes to remain nameless and faceless, so for the purposes of this blog I will call her Betty. Tim, from Mount Seymour was very helpful and fitted us up with snowshoes, a trail map and plenty of encouragement. Betty took the pair that were labeled left and right, I took the pair that had no foot designation, to be quite honest I couldn’t find any difference between the two (I know that those who are into the sport are rolling your eyes right now). Fitting the snowshoes proved to be a bit more challenging than I thought, but once I was all strapped in I realized quickly that I was wearing completely the wrong shoes. Note to self for next time, and for those who are looking to try the sport sometime, do not wear a sloppy fitting shoe as your heel lifts away from the snowshoe, I would have been better off snowshoeing in my uggs than the boots that I brought with me. Betty also found out that you should wear a shoe that is not brand new and very snug fitting, she ended up with a horrible blister.

Once out on the trail we had a great workout, we trudged though some of the back country trails, the only wildlife that we saw was a squirrel, but we had plenty of conversation about what could have been out there. No major wipe-outs or near death experiences, although my toe-pick (not sure if that is the right terminology) did catch a couple of times in precarious spots.

Looking forward to next time, I will be much better prepared and will wear my trail runners.