What size snowshoes for Denali?

[TheNumberNine]

I weigh about 165 + pack (60-70 lbs)

 

thoughts?

 

Would 28"x 8" snowshoes work?

[genepires]

route and time of year?

 

for west buttress and normal climbing season, yes those are fine. There is a perma snowshoe/ski track up the kahiltna highway.

[TheNumberNine]

west butt- june 16th.

 

thanks, pooh-bah

[ivan]

this is when you can expect to be heckled about not skiing

 

i'm a gargantuan goddamn mammal, several stones heavier than you at any rate, and your standard msr-denali sized slowshoes worked just fine for me

[AlpineK]

On my Denali trip I was on skis and my two partners were on slow shoes. I snowplowed down motorcycle hill so we could stay roped up and I didn't drag them down the hill

 

There are good slopes for skiing right above the 14grand camp on the West Buttress route.

[TheNumberNine]

I'm actually a snowboarder. I've been looking into split-boards but I decided that this winter I'm just going to bite the bullet and learn how to ski... Unfortunately that will be after my Denali expedition so I suppose I'll just have to suffer through the snail's pace

[genepires]

snails pace going up is a good thing. a very good thing.