Event Details
NEXT LIVE STREAM: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 @ 12:00 PM US Mountain Time
In this webinar you’ll learn about footwear and traction for different types of hiking and backcountry travel on snow in different seasons.
- Title: Lightweight Footwear and Traction Systems for Snow Travel Webinar
- Presenter(s): Ryan Jordan, Backpacking Light Publisher
- Length: 2 hours
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Interactive, Live-Streamed, Online
This masterclass is a live-streamed online video broadcast that includes live keynote presentations, pre-recorded videos, and live audience Q&A with course instructors.
Event Program
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)
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