Anatomy of Snowshoes
Attaches you to the snowshoes
What are bindings?
This is the first rule of Leave No Trace.
What is Plan Ahead and Prepare?
Snowshoes were first used for these activities by indigenous peoples.
What is hunting, trapping, moving around on short and long distances over snow for necessity?
(must name one)
The navigation instruments used in case electronic equipment fails.
What is a map and compass?
These are two pieces of equipment that can be put on your wheels to be used in winter driving.
What are snow chains and snow socks?
These are the metal teeth that sink into snow and ice for improved footing.
What are crampons?
This is the second LNT rule.
What is walk and camp on durable surfaces?
The region and timeframe where snowshoeing originated.
What is 4000 BC in Central Asia?
What GPS stands for, and the government agency that originally released it.
(must name one)
What is Global Positioning System and the Department of Defense?
These are the two types of fuel that can be used in backcountry cooking.
What is propane and white gas?
Small bar that lies under your boot, flips up when faced with a steep ascent.
What are heel lifts?
The number of LNT principles there are.
What is seven?
This was where the recreational use of snowshoes first started.
Where is Quebec, Canada?
These are three mobile apps used for navigation and trip planning.
(must name 2)
What is Strava, Footpath and AllTrails?
The state that Seal was born in and the state she now resides in. (When she isn't at OSU)
What is North Dakota, and Colorado?
Where the binding attaches to the frame of the snowshoe.
What is the pivot point?
The Federal Act that helped to prompt the creation of the Leave No Trace foundation.
What is the Wilderness Act of 1964?
The "Battle on Snowshoes" happened in this war, which saw one side have superior snowshoeing skill.
What is the French and Indian War?
These are five elements that most maps will have.
(must name 3)
What is a compass rose (north arrow), title, scale bar, legend and grid?
This is where Dublin was born and where he resides when not at school.
What is Honolulu and Portland?
Creates the surface area on the snowshoe and keep you afloat.
What is decking?
The headquarters for the LNT foundation are located here.
What is Boulder, Colorado?
These Indigenous American Tribes developed their own types of snowshoes, dependent on the type of snow they encountered.
(must name one)
What is the Athapaskan, Ojibwa, Inuit or Huron Tribes?
This is the magnetic declination in Corvallis as of January 2025.
What is 14.57°E?
This type of measurement of snow is used by snow hydrologists over simply finding its depth.
What is SWE (snow water equivalent)?