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If there's a lot of snow, you will need snowshoes, poles and winter boots. If the snow is particularly deep, gaiters are a good idea. If there's just a little bit of snow, you do not need snowshoes. Microspikes will help a lot of it's slippery. Don't be that guy in tennis shoes who falls down every 200 feet. Here is everything you need to know about snowshoeing: 1. Wear layers and carry extra dry clothing in your pack. Sweating is bad when it's cold out. 2. Be reasonable about how far you can go in a day. Snowshoeing is slower and more strenuous than hiking. 3. You will probably die in an avalanche. Read a current avalanche forecast before going out, avoid sketchy slopes and recognize that a lot of summer routes make for very bad winter routes. 4. Failing that, you will get lost and have to spend the night in the woods. It is easy to get lost in the woods when the ground is buried in snow, so stick to marked routes unless you really know what you are doing. Also, bring extra food. 5. The biggest rear end in a top hat on the mountain is the guy who snowshoes down the middle of the groomed ski trail. Many ski resorts now have places where you can rent snowshoes and try them out on a well-marked route. Go there if you're not sure whether you'd like it or not. Somebody else will have to try to sell you on the joys of skinning.
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meselfs posted:For Mt Baldy, you may be fine with just warm clothes and a solid idea of a safe route (I'd recommend go straight up the ski area or take the lifts and follow the ridge NW to the peak). It's not terribly steep, though depending on how the snow is settled you may have a slippery narrow ridge to straddle. This is probably better advice than mine if you are actually climbing a mountain with steep open slopes and not just following an uphill trail through the woods.
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