Snowshoeing Opens up Outdoors for all Ages

For hundreds of years, snowshoe technology remained unchanged. Wood and rawhide provided the foundation of design. Then came the revolution. In the 1970s, brothers Bill and Gene Prater founded Sherpa Snowshoe Co., with snowshoes featuring aluminum frames and synthetic decking. In the 30-plus years since then, snowshoe design and construction has continued to evolve and [...]