I just got back from a snowshoeing trip, and i have decided that i hate snowshoes. It was my first ever time on snow shoes, a 12 mile trip, with the fist 6 miles about 1500 feet elevation gain, the second half the same but down. We had to blaze the trail most of the way too, through 2-3' of fresh powder. I am now laying in bed unable to move. Also we did it with full backpacking load.

That was such a fun trip