For those who are looking for an outdoor activity that is good for their health, easy on the environment and relatively inexpensive, they need look no further. The answer for them might be snowshoeing. Snowshoeing is fun. You can go by yourself, or with a group of friends. Take a snack and some water, or better yet, bring along all you need for a wintertime picnic.
Many people think of snowshoeing as an old fashioned endeavor that developed out of necessity.
Snowshoeing has been a mode of transportation for humans for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. The ability to navigate across the top of the snow was vital to the survival of people who lived in snow covered lands. Today few people have a need for snowshoes outside of a recreational setting. Other vehicles, such as snowmobiles, are used to travel across vast expanses of snow. Snowshoeing is still the only way to traverse the snow in some places, but it has primarily become a winter pastime.