Snowshoe

Went snowshoeing for the first time. It was... ok. Companions were great, but weather was a bit too cold, actually my hands were miserably painful cold for the first little while, but eventually warmed up. (had planned to bring heat packs but forgot them) Breeze on the face still uncomfortable sometimes. Otherwise, it's pretty similar to hiking, some beautiful scenery. Wasn't very strenuous as we were in flat areas. Could do a little more work by walking in the stuff that wasn't packed down.

Will I go again? Maybe. Think I enjoyed the xc skiing more, though, it's hard to say how much was due to the weather.

As far as snowshoes go... I should have tried taking them off at some point. It seemed like for the packed down portion of the track, you could have walked in regular boots no problem. For the fluffy unpacked stuff, snowshoes still sink down in it, and then it's more effort to take the next step because of lifting the snow that has caved in on top of the snowshoe. But, maybe with the snowshoe you only sink down 1 foot instead of 2 feet. I should have tested. Next time.