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: a usually lightweight platform for the foot that is designed to enable a person to walk on soft snow without sinking and that typically consists of an oblong frame crossed with leather thongs or synthetic material
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Verb
We snowshoed through the woods.
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Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
Those rates include people on snowmobiles and snowshoes, mountain town residents and ski resort workers.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
The Inn stays shut during winter and ‘pack ice’ season, which some locals will tell you is the most beautiful time of all—for snowmobiling and snowshoeing through the Island’s interior by day, and come evening, getting invited into someone's warm shed for a tipple and a chat.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Cross-country skiing and snowshoe tours are also offered.
—Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
Those rates include people on snowmobiles and snowshoes, mountain town residents and ski resort workers.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
Located just north of Steamboat Springs on 540 acres in the middle of Colorado’s Routt National Forest, the ranch offers a top-notch horse program (including new draft horse clinics) as well as fly-fishing, mountain biking, and hiking in the summer and Nordic skiing and snowshoeing in the winter.
—Julie Bielenberg, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
The Inn stays shut during winter and ‘pack ice’ season, which some locals will tell you is the most beautiful time of all—for snowmobiling and snowshoeing through the Island’s interior by day, and come evening, getting invited into someone's warm shed for a tipple and a chat.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Snowshoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snowshoe. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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snowshoe
1 of 2 noun
snow·shoe
-ˌshü 
: a light frame (as of wood or aluminum) strung with a net that is attached to the foot to prevent sinking in soft snow
snowshoe
2 of 2 verb
snowshoed; snowshoeing
: to travel on snowshoes
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