Snowshoeing is become of popular snow sports that people are embracing as part of a healthy lifestyle of exercise and recreation. The three basic types of sport snowshoeing activities are walking and recreation, training and racing, and back-country mountaineering and winter camping. If you have always dreamed of venturing out into the snowy woods without having to learn advanced alpine or Nordic back-country ski techniques, then snowshoeing is the answer to your prayers. The beginner will find that snowshoeing is a very simple art to acquire, being far less difficult than skating and with far less danger of having a bad fall.
The most important thing to know about snowshoeing is that it’s fun and good for your health, too. Snowshoeing is a healthy aerobic workout with as much as 1,000 calories burned in an hour, making it an excellent form of winter fitness. An added benefit: the sport is low impact; the snow is a soft cushion and the shoe acts as a shock absorber.