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ehunter,
Sorry for the missed ?? We climbed Elk Mt. that day.
Mark
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Are the Atlas 833's any good for uphill?
Mark
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This is the maker I mentioned earlier, I have put many miles on their shoes and always felt that they were the best of the Canadian makes we used. Their modern high-tech models are easily as good as Atlas and equal to Cresent Moon, but, I like CMs a bit better for no reason I can enunciate.
Faber makes DAM good showhoes AND they make the long, narrow Ojibwa style that I think Huskyrunner meant in his earlier post. These are the best for rapid travel, but, don't do as well in steep country with no trails as modded bearpaws will. +1 on the Ojibs, I have a set that is very old and still functional. Only thing wrong is one of them is slightly twisted but very durable. We hunt a lot with snowmobiles and when you go into heavy brush you get stuck with the machines. Go one pass with the shoes and you can drive your machine easily on the snow shoe pass and pack out that meat on your sled.
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I go 230, and the atlas 10 35" have done good by me. If I put a 30 lb. pack on and the snow's fluffy and deep it can get a little tiring, but that's why there's good country just out the back door...you don't have to go too far.
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I use the 1025 Altas. Yes, they are at their best when going up hill. Yes, I could use the 1033's when the snow is really new and soft.
BTW, I don't use my regular hunting boots when I snowshoe. I use some very flexible, high top, Gore-Tex lined walking or trail shoes. That's because you need to able to point your toe down when going downhill to allow the crampons to bite. That, and they cut down on the weight on my feet. E
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I put a couple hundred miles each winter on shoes from mid Nov into Jan picking up AK/Yuk moose sheds and scouting new areas. Used a pair of Yuba Wasatch's for a couple years until they broke. Then purchased MSR Denali's, I like them a lot. They are light, I can traverse a slope and get a good bite. Many shoes will sluff off and roll your foot putting pressure on the sides of you feet. They also climb well and have the floatation fins if i need extra float in crotch deep snow. Cant go wrong there in my opinion.
Ahh, nice marmot
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