We didn’t wear the fancy tennis racket–looking snow shoe made of wood and gut. Ours were the much more utilitarian plastic and steel shoe with built in crampons to grip the slushy, icy snow. It was great fun once we got the hang of it. I am sure we’ll do it again. We hiked out to see the Nisqually glacier and the results of all it’s grinding down the face of the mountain. It is a convincing image of the power of nature.
We both managed to stay on our feet pretty much all the time. Morning will tell us if we abused any muscles too badly.