Snowshoeing requires no training, after 6 or 7 steps you'll be an expert.
Snowshoes are portable, they fit easily into a backpack or car trunk.
Of course you can snowshoe right out your own front door, but the real adventure of the sport comes alive when you head off to somewhere no one else can go. Snowshoes can take you into the very soul of the wilderness during what many consider to be the most beautiful of all seasons. There's no place on Earth more peaceful than an untracked woods with a quieting mantle of fresh snow. And there are few experiences more magical than snowshoeing along a deserted summer hiking trail as it winds past a frozen stream, knowing there's no other human being for miles. On snowshoes you can experience all of these emotions without spending a lot of cash.