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 Snowshoe hiking is one of the oldest ways to walk in wintertime. Originally trappers, hunters, farmers and the people living way up in the mountains in regions like Alaska, Canada, North America, Scandinavia, Siberia and Europe were used to that kind of useful toll for walking during wintertime.
The exact time when these kind of tools have been invented is not exactly known anymore. The first ones ever found were made out of leather and could be dated back into the middleage.
Snowshoe hiking is actually one of the most and fastest growing sports in Europe and more and more people choose that kind of hiking during wintertime. In our fats paced world, more and more people are seeking the oasis of silence and relaxation to restore body energy for their job.
Many arguments are pro snowshoe hiking
- Snowshoe hiking can be done independent of age
- Snowshoe hiking can be done just as leisure activity and also as high competition sport
- Snowshoe hiking can be done without a special upfront training program
- Snowshoe hiking can be done as a single or in groups
- Snowshoe hiking is pure nature
- For that kind of sport, no additional equipment has to installed in the nature
- Many cross country ski friends change to snowshoe hiking
- Ski touring friends in many cases do snowshoe hiking in parallel
- To be able to do snowshoe hiking, a snow level of approx. 5 inches is in most cases absolutely sufficient
- Snowshoe hiking is an add-on to other wintertime sports
- It is just a very small investment in the equipment required
- It’s a sport where all muscles of the body are involved
- Snowshoe hiking is an add-on to the sports like Nordic Walking (Nordic Snowshoeing)
We in Gasthof Alpenrose offer guided snowshoe hiking tours, arrange tour slots, help with planning and offer snowshoes for rental.
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