How to Strap on Snowshoes

Snowshoeing offers an easy, family-friendly way to stay active in the winter. Snowshoes give you far more traction and balance than ordinary shoes or boots and allow you to walk through deep, fresh snow. Explore nearby trails through fields and hillsides on snowshoes and you'll get to see what the landscape looks like transformed by snow. Stick to the buddy system and don't wander off the trails.

Instructions

    • 1

      Place the pair of snowshoes in front of you. The adjustable buckles on most snowshoe bindings sit on the outside of the shoe, allowing you to determine which shoe belongs on the left foot and which to the right.

    • 2

      Loosen the upper binding enough to slip your foot into the snowshoe and under the strap.

    • 3

      Push the toe of your shoe as far forward as you can into the snowshoe before pulling the heel strap behind your foot. Pull this strap as tightly as you can and buckle it.

    • 4

      Tighten the upper binding over your foot as much as you can and then buckle it at the side of your foot.