Iverson Snowshoes

Iversons  Snowshoes are made in America by Americans in the small town of Shingleton located in the Central Upper Peninsula of Michigan's snow country. Iversons still makes the traditional wooden snowshoes the same as they have for over 40 years (a process which was derived from the Native Americans.) This intensive process starts with a white ash  log, which is cut down to what are called sticks, these sticks are then placed in a steamer to give the wood more flexibility. The snowshoe is then bent around a form and then placed in a dry kiln overnight. Once this process is done the tedious task of lacing the shoes starts. You can get Iversons snowshoes with the traditional rawhide or the more durable neoprene. The one unique factor that sets Iversons snowshoes apart from other snowshoe makers, is our shoes are dipped in a snowshoe lacquer that prevents snow from sticking to the shoes.

 

It is no wonder that snowshoes made from wood still enjoy high popularity, Wood offers great flexibility in design.  It is as strong as aluminum tubing and only a little bit heavier. Because the wooden snowshoes is the fact that they are quiet.  Part of the beauty of snowshoeing is the quite communing with nature that sport can offer.  How can that happen with the rattle and click of aluminum shoes?  Here the wooden snowshoes is king of them all!