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Champion Country, Tuesday, January 10, 2006 -All Snowshoeing easier than ever at area parks Fun winîer activity offered at Crawford Lake and Mountsberg By ROBIN DOWNTON-POIRIER Special to The Champion jjil tonianis can experience the beauty of /* winter the way their ancestors did by IY.snowshoeing with Conservation Halton. Betng otiered at both Crawford Lake and Mountsberg conser- vation areas on Sundays this month -with a spectal Saturday evenine event at Crawford Lake on January 21 - nowshoetng is satd to be an excellent form of wjnter exercîve and, thanks to new vnowv hoe designs, is easter titan ever. Snovvvhoes have been around for more than 6.0W0 yearv and vere used by Canada's Aboriginai Peopies. They passed on the 'technology' to the European explorers who used them to cross the continent, said Adam McDoweii. event co-ordinator for Conserv ation Halton. Traditiona vvooden snowshoes are more difficuit 10 use than the nevser aiuminum type. and sorte instruction may be needed to heip the user walk. run. climb and turn, he said. -The most common shapes of snowshoes today are the bear paw a more rouitded style) and the tear drop with the exrended tail. Whien using wooden snowshoes for the first time. some instruction on how to safely walk. mun. turn. walk up and down bOlls is help- fui." he said. "Tcncisnowshoes with an aluminum franie and nylon and neoprene webbing or bindings lack some of the tradition of their wooen ancestors but make up for it witb ease of use. They are see SNOWSHOEING on page Ai 2 N ea aol (lf)g ong hand from Dbi Hutchins durlng thoir enowehoelng end.avours ai Fpht yBARRIE ERSKINE FREE SALT!a (Five 801b. bags) FREE INSTA LLAION When you buy a Culligan uilWater Softener (aa $200 "Calam)