The Great White Way--To Get Fit
January, 2000
The Great White Way--To Get FitfitnessIf Winter Workouts in a stuffy gym give you cabin fever, consider this cure: snowshoes. Once a utilitarian method of transport for snowbound fur trappers, snowshoeing has become one of the frigid season's fastest-growing sports. Participation is up 80 percent since 1997, and more than 225,000 pairs of snowshoes were sold last year. Modern snowshoes are lightweight and easy to use just about anywhere there's snow on the ground, and they deliver a great workou...