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Sep 29, 2011 at 12:21 pm #1784864
You want something with a lot of surface area (some mix of width and length) to provide flotation. Wooden frame snowshoes provide better flotation than plastic or metal framed snowshoes but do not provide the traction that the crampons and/or serrated edges typical of the plastic or metal framed models.
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