NOT YOUR GRAMAS SNOWSHOES

SWOOOSH SWOOOSH THE QUIET THE CALM THE PEACE

NO LINES, NO EXPENSIVE LIFT TICKETS NO FANCY SNOWWARE OR GEAR

THE BEAUTY OF SNOWSHOEING IS JUST A "CLICK" AWAY ON EBAY 

AFTER TOO MANY INJURIES SKIING AND REALLY NEVER CONQUERING SNOWBOARDING MY HUSBAND AND I FINALLY DECIDED TO GIVE THE "NEW" SNOWSHOES A TRY

BOTH OF US HAD USED THE "OLD" FASHIONED WOOD AND EARLY METAL ONES BUT, THESE ARE NOT THOSE

LIGHT WEIGHT ALUMINUM "PATENTED" SPRING-LOADED SUSPENSION (SLS) NATURAL LATERAL FLEX  CRAMPON PENETRATION AND OH SO GREAT "SHOCK" ABSORBITION 

WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN?   IT MEANS A FUN "FLUFFY" TREK IN THE SNOW

GOING UP A STEEP BOULDER (COVERED IN SNOW) I DUG MY CRAMPONS IN AND WAS ABLE TO JUST "LIFT" MYSELF UP WITH THE LITTLEST OF EASE

THEY ARE SO LIGHT I COULDN'T EVEN TELL I HAD ANYTHING ON 

THE MODEL WE PURCHASED IS "ATLAS" MODEL 1030 AND COMES IN MANY DIFFERENT "WEIGHT" RANGES THE LENGTH WILL CORRESPOND WITH THE WEIGHT 

SURFING EBAY WE COMPARED MANY DIFFERENT BRANDS, PRICES, STYLES AND WENT WITH A MID-TO-UPPER RANGE BRAND 

WE CONSIDERED PRICE BUT, REALLY LIKED THE BENEFITS OF THIS PARTICULAR BRAND AND STYLE 

THE CRAMPONS (SHARP INSTRUMENTS ON THE BOTTOM) TO GRAB ONTO TERRAIN, ICE..... WAS SOME OF THE BEST

 MANY FEATURED "PLASTIC" SPIKES AND WE DID NOT LIKE THAT FEATURE 

A BIG SELLING POINT WAS THE WAY YOUR BOOT FITS INTO THE BINDING IT HAS A "ONE-ROPE" PULL PLACING YOUR TOE IN AND YOU CAN USE ONE HAND AND JUST "PULL" TO SECURE YOUR FOOT 

I MENTION "BOOT" YOU DON'T NEED A FANCY SHOE, BOOT, ETC...I WORE A NICE PAIR OF KNEE HIGH BOOTS AND MY HUSBAND WORE HIS SORELS

THERE IS ALSO A BACK BINDING THAT YOU MAY OR MAYNOT USE DEPENDING ON THE TERRAIN YOU ARE IN

THE BINDINGS ARE "FOAM" PADDED FOR COMFORT AND WARMTH

THE ALUMINUM "V" FRAME IS ONE THE BEST SHAPES OUT THERE

SOME FRAMES FEATURED "CLIP-ON" TIPS AND BACKS WE DID NOT SEE THE BENEFIT AND HAVE SINCE HEARD THEY MALFUNCTION

ATLAS FEATURES "TRAVERSE TRAC" RAILS AND HEEL CLEATS TO HOLD WHILE TRAVERSING AND DESCENDING

ANOTHER FEATURE WE LIKED A LOT WAS THE MATERIAL THAT HOLDS YOUR FOOT AND ATTACHES TO THE FRAME "NYTEX" DECKING IS DURABLE AND FLEXIBLE WHEN COLD 

MANY OF THE "NETTING" WEBBING ON MANY OTHER BRANDS DID NOT APPEAR TO HOLD UP AND WE HAVE SINCE SEEN SOME RATINGS THAT THEY "DO NOT" HOLD-UP "ATLAS RATED HIGHER THAN MOST 

ATLAS OFFERS A LIFE-TIME WARRANTY AND PROVIDES REGISTRATION ON-LINE 

THERE IS ALSO A WEB SITE YOU MAY VIEW AN "INTERACTIVE" VIDEO

THEY PROVIDE WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, GUIDES, RESORT, TRAILS AND MORE....BY LOGGING ON 

THIS WAS A "BIG" PLUS IN PURCHASING THIS PARTICULAR BRAND

AS I SAID, I HAD NOT SNOWSHOED IN YEARS AND THE FIRST DAY WE TOOK THEM OUT WE WERE "PROS" BY THE END OF THE DAY

SHIPPING WAS EXCELELNT TWO-DAYS IS ALL WE HAD TO WAIT

THE STYLE WE PURCHASED WAS THE "10 SERIES" AND IS FOR THE WEEKEND WARRIOR, BEGINNER AND THE OUTDOOR VETERAN 

THERE WERE MANY CATALOGS SELLING FANCY, HOT-PINK, GREEN, ALL COLORS OF THE RAINBOW BUT, I WOULD QUESTION THE DURABILITY, REALIABILITY AND WARRANTY ON MANY OF THEM

IN ADDITION, THERE WAS NO ON-LINE ASSISTANCE, VIDEO'S OR FOLLOW-UP OFFERED  

OURS SHOES ARE SO LIGHT-WEIGHT, EASY TO CARRY AND PROVIDE UN-LIMITED WINTER ACTIVITY WITH A MINIMAL OUTPUT OF MONEY

LAST BUT, NOT LEAST

IN AN HOUR YOU CAN BURN A MINIMUM OF 680 CALORIES AND YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT

HAPPY SHOOOOEING