snowshoe

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Snowkiting can be as mellow as going for a snowshoe, to doing radical advanced skiing or boarding jumps.

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  1. noun A racket-shaped frame containing interlaced strips, as of leather, that can be attached to the foot to facilitate walking on deep snow.
  2. intransitive verb To travel on snowshoes.

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  • (ThePoles. com) In the beginning of March, Americans John Huston and Tyler Fish will attempt an unsupported ski, snowshoe, swim expedition from Ward Hunt Island, Canada, to the North Pole; a distance of approximately 775 km across the Arctic Ocean.
  • The crash site was eight kilometres away from the nearest road in the middle of a forest and accessible only by snowmobile and snowshoe or helicopter. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Aside from reading everything I can find about personal finance and acting as our family CFO, I love to mountain bike, run, hike, snowboard, snowshoe (pretty much anything active and outdoors will do) and scrapbook. —  Frugal Babe
  • For example, this area is one of the last in our area where we can go to hike, snowshoe, walk our dogs, and enjoy the natural beauty. —  The Vail Trail - All Sections
  • Because Ray was making the journey on foot and on snowshoe, his feet were plagued with blisters and tendinitis. —  Top Stories - Google News
 

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