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Easton Mountain Products Salt Lake City-based Easton Mountain Products used to manufacture snowshoes for other companies but five years ago decided to step out of the shadows and start making their own. The impetus, says Easton rep Rich Packler, was they “wanted to get away from that ski boot feel of snowshoeing and create a hiking experience.”

Their line of snowshoes under the Artica brand delivers trail and backcountry-style snowshoes that feature innovations such as an ergonomic toe bar, lateral traction, and a two piece aluminum frame (provides torsional flex without giving up a rigidity). More impressive is their racing shoe, the Vo2, provides a carbon fiber decking to lighten the load, a direct connect mounting system that relies on your choice of footwear (and not the other way around), innovative design that nests one shoe against the other, and a pivoted traction system that guarantees stability without sacrificing speed.

via Snowshoe Magazine (blog)

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