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Say Nuth Khaw Yum, British Columbia
Canada
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Posted - 01/12/2011 : 4:55 PM
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Originally posted by Scorpio
The OP lives in Winnipeg - I'm not sure I'd recommend MSR, great as they are in the mounains.
Flotation isn't one of their strong points. Talk to the locals.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, is not in Saskatchewan!
Maybe that's what those crappy looking GV Cat Trails or whatever they're called are for? I went snowshoeing with some people who rented them from MEC. They seemed and performed hilariously for the Coast Mountains, but they were bloody huge, which is probably the most important consideration snowshoeing on the prairies. |
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Powell River, bc
Canada
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Posted - 01/12/2011 : 7:22 PM
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say waht?? 7'2?? shut up, no way?
LOLOL..........it's an inside joke........and we have met,surely you would have remembered if I had been 7'2" LOL |
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 chinese hot-pot gourmand, costco pirate, 103 hikes completin', picture postin', commander of our newest canadian trekkers
Vancouver, BC
Canada
1740 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2011 : 7:34 PM
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Originally posted by peter1955
Just a comment when considering weight calculations - I weigh about 150 lbs. However, with full winter gear and a daypack, I come in closer to 200!
Try this. Calculate your loaded weight. Figure the low end of the weight rating for the snowshoes is what the snowshoe will carry in deep powder, and the high end is what they'll carry on hardpack.
I have to disagree with these comments:
"I would like to pick Tubbs Flex ALP 22- inch if I was choosing for someone who is around 150 lbs
I would like to pick Tubbs Flex ALP 24- inch if I was choosing for someone who is around 225 lbs"
MSR Denalis without tails are 22" long, and I can only use them without tails on a packed trail. For deep powder, I have to go to a 4" or 8" tail, making them 26" or 30" long by 8" wide. Unless the Tubbs ALP are extra wide, I don't see how you can get adequate flotation on such a short snowshoe.
I should have given the more detail info and background on my inputs. Most of the winter trips I went were with my groups and we have developed the excellent team spirit over the years, We depend on each other and we broke the trails together in turn. That's the reason that the size difference is not a big deal for us who are not overweight as long as we do not use tubular structure snowshoes 
btw: Arcteryx factory outlet has Gore-Tex pro shell XXL @ very cheap price($149), anyway, I do not think ppl here can fit that size//lol |
Edited by - mazeGirl on 01/12/2011 8:03 PM |
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canine loving, machete-toting bushwhacking lake seeker, Indiana Jones hat-wearing off-road 4x4 guru
Surrey Hole, BC
Canada
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Posted - 01/12/2011 : 10:58 PM
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Originally posted by no quitting
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say waht?? 7'2?? shut up, no way?
LOLOL..........it's an inside joke........and we have met,surely you would have remembered if I had been 7'2" LOL
I think so..man you had me going there for a minute  |
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Calgary, Alberta
Andorra
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Posted - 01/13/2011 : 09:02 AM
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GV in general is nice for being able to buy large snowshoes for pretty cheap. But they are cheap shoes.
The GV Cat Trail in specific is supposed to be their running line - they have inside cutouts so you don't trip over yourself, a spring, and are narrower than the rest of the line. But they still come in all sorts of sizes, so you can get them really long.
I've seen a surprising number of people snowshoeing in those. |
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2421 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2011 : 09:43 AM
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Originally posted by Rachelo
GV in general is nice for being able to buy large snowshoes for pretty cheap. But they are cheap shoes.
MEC staffers on this site (who shall remain nameless) regard the GV line as "Crap" even though MEC pushes it as its lower-end line. For a cheap multi-purpose snowshoe in the same price range, I've never heard anyone complain about their Tubbs. |
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Calgary, Alberta
Andorra
3787 Posts |
Posted - 01/13/2011 : 10:43 AM
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From what I've seen, the two are fairly comparable. I've recommended GV to people who really just want to go for a stroll around the city park, but on snowshoes, or who aren't going to use them too hard, or who are heavy and need the really big shoes but don't want to pay much.
I'd never recommend them (or Tubbs) on performance grounds. |
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Posted - 01/13/2011 : 10:59 AM
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Originally posted by Rachelo
From what I've seen, the two are fairly comparable. I've recommended GV to people who really just want to go for a stroll around the city park, but on snowshoes, or who aren't going to use them too hard, or who are heavy and need the really big shoes but don't want to pay much.
I'd never recommend them (or Tubbs) on performance grounds.
I agree. Tubbs are for pond loops or quiet forest trails, but at least they seem to last a while. I know a couple of people who use them for workiing every day in the high arctic - to me, that's not a bad recommendation. |
Edited by - peter1955 on 01/13/2011 11:00 AM |
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New school or old school snowshoes?
