Moondog55 wrote: I'm blown away by the cost tho, must be a lot of R&D needing to be recovered, the high cost is probably why so few Aussies have them as essential equipment
Nuts wrote:G'day Pete, I have a pair of Kahtoolas that im going to try, they are probably a bit of overkill for the usual tassie conditions but i'd imagine fine for a dedicated snowshoe trip. Lots of institutions have swapped to the MSR, probably based mostly on price as they are weighty (especially with the tails i hear are needed). I like to swap to snow cleats as soon as possible so the lightweight yowies are fine used this way (ie mostly carried, used for deeper snow). I do find that I get a bit sore in the hips with the wider shoes but its generally fine for several hours at least. I cant imagine anything with less maintenance needed.. ( i guess i should say that we have a retail association with Yowies..... er.. snowshoes that is..).
Nuts wrote:Just as something outside the square, I have a set of STC snowblades on the way to try http://www.stc-swiss.ch/index_e.html
Nuts wrote:I have a set of STC snowblades on the way to try http://www.stc-swiss.ch/index_e.html (though i don't think some of my walking mates will be happy seeing me disappear down any hill, hopefully they dont have to pick me up at the bottom... maybe i should have bought ten sets )
Nuts wrote:Just as something outside the square, I have a set of STC snowblades on the way to try http://www.stc-swiss.ch/index_e.html
corvus wrote:On a recent decent on Icy Snow I was able to come off a steep slope without resorting to bum slide we all had Yowies but experience did out !!
Step by step slowly and slowly I avoided a bum slide which for some resulted in cuts and abrasions ? why because they did not as I did place their trust in their snow shoes.
I did with Aussie made excellent Snow Shoes designed for our conditions and have been using Yowies since for about eight years and would not consider any others for our Tassie conditions
corvus
I'm a smidgen heavier than you and in my limited experience it all depends on the snow. We get a lot of soft snow down here and in that I sink a lot, but I doubt anything but the biggest MSR's with tails would help much. It gets progressively better in harder and harder snow until you don't need snow shoes at all, then we just wear them for traction, which I think is excellent. In open terrain I reckon traditional shoes would be better, but on most tracks I walk on they would be a pain in the butt with not being able to easily go backwards and sideways etc.andrewbish wrote:Corvus
I found last weekend that my medium sized Yowies would sink through the softer snow. Is that the expected behaviour in your experience? I'm 87kg - should I use the larger size? What do you use?
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