Visit Minnesota’s How to Make Snow Shoes page

Sure, we in the United States just suffered through one of the hottest months of July on record. Texas is enduring a record streak of 100+ degree days.  We’re still only in mid-August.

It’s the perfect time to start building snow shoes!

This site, run by Minnesota Visitor dot com, gives the basic instructions on how a pair of traditional snow shoes using willow saplings, branches and rawhide or string.  Sure, it’s a tedious process, but I can guarantee that you’ll want to have them ready to roll once the first flakes start to fly!