Snowshoes keep your body afloat in deep powder, provide stability on packed snow, and give your boots grip on ice. They are an essential piece of outdoor winter gear. The delicate, narrow shoe binding ...

BLOOMINGTON — Snowshoes have come a long way from the traditional wood-framed wonders with decks of woven leather that sometimes resembled super-sized tennis rackets. The traditional snowshoes are ...

Growing up as a farm kid six decades ago, I decided to take up fur-trapping during the winter to supplement my meager allowance that I received for doing daily chores. My trapping primarily took place ...

Snowshoes look and feel like tennis racquets strapped to the soles of your boots. In fact, when French trappers -- the first white people to use snowshoes -- settled the Great Lakes area, they called ...