Course Details
In this webinar you’ll learn about footwear and traction for different types of hiking and backcountry travel on snow in different seasons.
- Title:Â Lightweight Footwear and Traction Systems for Snow Travel Webinar
- Presenter(s): Ryan Jordan, Backpacking Light Publisher
- Length:Â 1.5+ hours of video
Course Curriculum
Module 1
Lightweight Footwear and Traction Systems for Snow Travel
Webinar Outline
- Introduction
- Footwear System Objectives
- Keeping Feet Warm and Dry: Shoes and Socks
- Keeping Snow Out of Your Shoes
- Overboots and Insulated Boots
- Traction & Flotation
- Spikes, Crampons, Snowshoes, or Skis?
- Trekking Poles and Ice Axes
- Case Studies: Footwear and Traction Systems
- Early Summer – Low Angle Passes on the Pacific Crest Trail (CA)
- Early Summer – High Angle Passes in the Wind River Range (WY)
- Summer – Washington Cascades Glacier Traverse (WA)
- Late Fall/Early Winter – Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Traverse (MT)
- Mid-Winter – Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park (WY)
- Late Winter – Wild Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park (CO)
Screenshots:
