The thermometer read -7 degrees. Panic. I was suffocating – literally and figuratively. In the few moments I’d been climbing up and over the massif of snow piled at the edge of the “parking lot” my breathing increased and the buff covering cheeks, nose, mouth and chin was already encased into a thin coating of […]

I have two tubs of gloves and mittens. Remove the lid and peruse a variety of colors and sizes and thicknesses. Knit gloves. Fleece gloves. Down gloves. Wool gloves. Silk gloves. The same applies for mittens. And, we haven’t even touched upon the expedition mountaineering gloves of which there is also an array of choices. […]

Snow in the Air by Raymond A. FossSnow in the air long before the first flakes started their long fall from the heavens snow in the feel, the smell, the texture of the air feeling the falling barometer the shift in the weather Falling lightly at first, while I stood at the sink, mesmerized, watching […]

The snow has been accumulating and the forest path waits. You have packed your day pack and in the back seat of your vehicle you have stowed your snowshoes and hiking poles. Filled with excitement you can’t wait to strap on your oversized shoes but, before you go follow a couple of simple rules to […]

Step Outdoors, LLC has once again organized the Snowman Stomp Snowshoe Romp for Saturday, February 7th, 2015. The Snowman Stomp Snowshoe will be held at Cloman Park. We will open registration at 9am; clinic at 9:15am, start time at 10:00am. A snowshoe race for fast snowshoers, slow snowshoers, kids and families, cost is $10 per […]