M.J. Stern Skis have been around, say anthropologists, for about 4000 years. This is kind of goofy, as the potential exists for all sorts of designs now that would never have worked in the days before chairlifts and synthetic materials. This is where Sled Dogs come in. The people at Sled Dogs understand that the best way to have fun on the slopes is to show off, and nothing else on the slopes lets you show off as much as snow skates do.
Snow skates look pretty much like ski boots or snowboarding boots with a polished bottom.
The convenience is extraordinary and the maneuverability of these skates puts anything else on the slopes to shame. Five NYC-area skaters went to New York's Hunter Mountain the final weekend of January to report on two days of snow skating. Conditions were wet and slushy the first day, which was much better for us than for skiers. Snow skates are slower than skis anyway, and the thin covering of slush stuck well enough to give us exceptional control, enhancing the maneuverability that makes snow skates worthwhile in the first place. The second day was much colder and although Hunter manufactures snow with a vengeance, several of the runs were quite icy.