They're not as popular as they once were, but every Alaskan could use a pair of snowshoes, writes outdoors columnist John Schandelmeier:
From left, Lisbeth Berge, Sandy Ford and Michele Bowen snowshoe near Jewel Lake on December 13, 2022, in Anchorage. Berge's dog, Toby, is at right.
Anthropologists believe that the first snowshoes came on the scene 4,000 to 6,000 years ago. The Dolomite region in Northern Italy is thought to be the location where some sort of shoe was first used. The first snowshoes were hard, thick rounds of leather that doubled or tripled the shoe size of the wearer. Gradually the design was improved to include wood and leather.
Snowshoes were developed by necessity. There was no other way to travel or hunt in deep snow conditions. Before horses came to the Plains, Native people hunted buffalo on snowshoes. Drifted snow, with soft sections between required a little different design. Bear Paws came along; a shoe a couple feet long and 15 inches wide. The walking technique requires the wearer to throw his leg out sideways while swinging forward and then back in so as not to stumble on his own feet.
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