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Hi, I'm Andy, with Sierra Trading Post, and today we're going to talk about how to properly put
on snowshoes. The first thing to consider, is getting deep enough into the snow so
that you can protect your crampons and your base from walking on a parking lot
or dirt trails. Once you're far enough out into the snow, you're going to want to figure out
which shoe is for which foot. A lot of manufacturers, like this one here from redfeather,
has a left and a right symbol right on the shoes, so i know which one
is which.
so once you're out in the snow and you know which shoe is which, the next thing to
do is open up all the straps so that there's plenty of room for your foot to
go slide right in there, and you want to wipe off all the snow so that you don't have snow stuck between
between your boot and your snowshoe.
Then I slide my foot in. Get your foot all the way up so that
the ball of your foot is up there on that hinge,
but not so far up that your toe is hitting the decking, or the hinge won't
work properly.
So the first thing to do is to tighten
the toe strap,
and you want it pretty tight, but not over-tightened. you don't have to crank it too
tight. After I have the toe strap in there, I'm going to do the heel next.
and this particular snowshoe has a ratchet system. Yours might be slightly different.
Once that's tight,
then I can pull the
instep strap
and just tighten that up and now I'm ready to go! If you found this video helpful,
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