Serious Backcountry Snow Shoes

By Randy M. Ranked #741 - Backcountry Snowboarding February 20, 2009

If you only snowshoe on the flats in deep powder, wider longer shoes designed for float may be all you need.
But if you are looking for the most versitile, hill climbing bombproof snowshoe on the market, get these. All the local rental shops rent Denalis because they take extreme punishment and are perfect when you go from powder to crust to ice on the same trip. These guys traverse the ice covered slopes like you have crampons on.
Plastic MSR's are the only snowshoe that can change their length by adding tails, giving them unmatched versatility. Because they have solid plastic decks, they don't self clean as easily as flexible fabric decks, which under centain conditions makes them heavy with clumped snow. Keep them sprayed with silicone or vegetable spray. As far as being a little noisier, I could care less. I'm looking for performance.The telelever is a must for steep climbs.
These are serious, heavy duty backcountry snowshoes. I use them for personal use and will use them for Search and Rescue.

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