Snowshoeing is a great way to get outside in the winter! Like any other activity, you can be thrifty and find an old pair of snowshoes from a yard sale or go all out and buy all the newest equipment ...

Halfway up the ridge leading to Skyline Lake near Stevens Pass, a heavy snowdrift sat as a near-vertical 4-foot wall in our path. Climbers would simply kick the toe of their boots deep into the face ...