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from what i've seen the atlas are about the same as tubbs, cresent moon ect. i think you will like them just fine as long as the snowpack is fairly hard. yep, then new bindings are slick and fast.

Well I got to take my new Atlas snowshoes out today for there maiden voyage and they lived up to there expectations . They were great. Pretty quiet to but I if a person is looking for an aluminum snowshoe that is really quiet I would look at the MSR lighting ones. My buddy has a set of them and instead of being aluminum tubing around the outside edge they are aluminum strap and walking side by side with him today his were a lot quieter then mine. If they could take the bindings off mine and put them on his frame you would have a awesome snowshoe.
The only problem I had with my shoes today was I didnt get to put any blood on them. Came close but no go . So hopefully next time I will get some blood on them.

I like and use the 48" white aluminum military snowshoes with cable webbing. I think they are just enough to work for a 190lb guy and a 10-12 lb rifle. I believe they are nice and quiet, as quiet as a snowshoe can be.

Got a pair sitting in the corner of the garage collecting dust, would give them up for a decent price.............

[quote="Optimax90"]Got a pair sitting in the corner of the garage collecting dust, would give them up for a decent price.............[/quote why don't you like them?? i only know about 8-10 people who have them and as far as i know they all like them

Haven't found a set of bindings that were worth a shit with them. They just are not user friendly like my tubbs are... Them tubbs are bad ass, quick on and off and light as ever. Last year I sprayed the bottoms with contact cement, that cut the noise in half and it held up great.

I broke a strap on the heal one day, called tubbs and they sent me 4 sets to replace them if it would ever happen again, so far so good........

so was it the staps or the shoes you did'nt like cuz i was thinking of getting a pair. what did'nt you like about the shoe itself

I didin't like them. I thought they were to long and occward (sp) Don't like the tails and the fact they don't have any moajor cramp-ons. but that is my opinion.

Bucks If you want to try the ones I have you are more than welcome to them, give them a shot, and if you like them we can figure it out, if not send them back, no harm no foul...............

thanks for the offer hopefuuly we won't see as much of that white crap for a few years. i know Levi will be dissapointed though

we use the white military snow shoes, a tad load but everything is loud in crunchy snow. We use the bob maki (sp) binding, the best bindings I know of

I have been a postholer all my life.. Never know anything different. ..

mitchkvernum wrote:I have been a postholer all my life.. Never know anything different. ..

your still a young buck, with lots of motivation!!!

After I tried a pair of snow shoes, I wondered why did it take me sooooo long!

Without snowshoes its a 3-4 stand per day before your so damn tired you want to quite Once I got my Tubbs I went all day and didn't get tired at all. I thought maybe they would make me sore after the first day, using muscles that you would normally not use......... Just the oppisite, I try to walk as normal as possible, and things work better that way

With snowshoes I tracked a pair of coyotes down shot the male, and spent the rest of the day trying to get the female. On the long way back to the truck I figured up how many sections I went through, a snow flurrie wiped out the tracks, twice, I came up with 13-14 miles that day. I was totally exhuasted. When I was first married I walked 8-9 miles on one fox, without snow shoes, that was about my limit, couldn't hardly walk the next day! I have done 8 and 6 miles with the snowshoes lately, that is enough work, at 53, I would not beable to go without the snowshoes, unless it is shallow. I found you use much less energy with snowshoes, even when the snow is only ankle deep. There is a lot less slipping and shifting of the boot wearing snowshoes. So, even if it isn't deep enough to break through a crust, the s/shoes help a lot. The only time they seem to be trouble is when you hit a patch of thawed dirt, then you will collect some mud. At dark one day on a lone male coyote, I decided to head to the truck at the gravel road. I figured I had picked up atleast a pound of mud in my snowshoes, it was more like 4-6lbs, no wonder they seemed heavy, I ended up at six miles that day. I found him the next day with a pup female, so it was a double. She ended up being the third female I took in his area, in 3 yrs trying to get an angle on him, maybe all 3 were his mates?