Whenever snow depths reach a certain point, writes Tom Lounsbury, snowshoes allow him to effectively walk on top of the snow instead of having to wade and slog through it.

Sgt Remys-Bert Ville, Estonian Defence Forces ‘My name is Sgt Remys-Bert Ville and this is what Estonian infantry soldiers carry with them in the winter. This is my rifle. I have a 3x zoom, an ...

BRILLION (WLUK) -- The 2025 World Snowshoe Championships got underway Friday, with hundreds of competitors gathering at the Ariens Nordic Center in Brillion. “It is the annual culmination of all the ...

Skiers and snowboarders kicking off the 2025/2026 winter season (Courtesy of Snowshoe Mountain 2025) SNOWSHOE, W.Va. – Snowshoe Mountain welcomed the start of the 2025-26 ski season today, December ...

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Snowshoe hares in the Yukon’s Kluane area are increasingly standing out from their surroundings, according to a study published earlier this month — and researchers are wondering whether that will ...

Just under two hours from Denver, Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park’s unrivaled stretch of craggy, snow-capped peaks and 355 miles of hiking trails attracts nearly 3.3 million visitors annually.

It’s that time of the year when many of Washington’s trails are buried deep in snow, signaling to swap out your hiking boots for snowshoes. This year, skip the well-trod routes like Gold Creek Pond ...

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Military members can be prosecuted for following orders that are unlawful. A war of words between President Donald Trump and Democratic military and national security veterans on Capitol Hill has ...

Over the years I had opportunities to observe snowshoe hares while working with students at the Environmental Learning Center first at Isabella, Minn., and the last three decades at Wolf Ridge, near ...

On a recent warm spring day in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, wildlife biologist Alexej Siren found something exciting: snowshoe hare tracks in a fleeting patch of snow. “We have these larger hind ...