https://www.thegearbunker.com/msr-lightning-explore-snowshoe-winter-exploration-at-it-s-best/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:13:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.thegearbunker.com/msr-lightning-explore-snowshoe-winter-exploration-at-it-s-best/#comment-154 Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:34:20 +0000 https://www.thegearbunker.com/msr-lightning-explore-snowshoe-winter-exploration-at-it-s-best/#comment-154 My wife and I each got a pair of lighting asents for christmas this year. We live within an hours drive of Rocky Mountain National and go there frequently. Our first attempt was the Glacier Gorge trail, which looking back, was probably a poor choice as a first snowshoe as my wife was not exactly anxious to go out again.
The next week we spent the day around the Wild Basin trailhead and even went back to upper and lower Copeland falls and any doubts my wife had were gone! Both her and I are completely captivated by how the Rockies are a completely different world in the winter.
As for the snowshoes, I’ve used the older tube style before, and they were okay, but kind of awkward and didn’t provide much traction, especially going up hill. But my MSRs feel very stable even on very steep terrain. They provide an excellent balance between traction, flotation and mobility.

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