Reclassify Snowshoe Routes and Trips Using New S/T Rating System ~WebsiteContent
This posting is the result of 1) a few years of cross-branch discussions among the Snowshoe Programs of the various branches, and 2) email discussions with the Program Center about how to go about changing the rating system used to classify Snowshoe trips. The feedback we received from the Program Center was that the correct way to document our request for changing the website was to post the changed to feedback.mountaineers.org.
The Snowshoe Programs of the various branches would like to change the way that Snowshoe Routes and Trips are rated so that each route/trip has a separate Strenuous and Technical rating - this is of course the same technique used by scrambles and climbs. A final version of the new rating scheme was presented at the Snowshoe Summit held on October 9 and approved unanimously by all branches. The proposal document includes the rationale for the change, and can be viewed here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/133v_0TZhir56_kGjwl3BT_XNoYYAQgQFl6q2sAz1M6M/edit?usp=sharing
David Bradley
shared this idea
Completed Nov 2021. The snowshoe Routes & Places, https://www.mountaineers.org/activities/routes-places#b_start=0&c4=Snowshoeing, were updated per the Snowshoe Clubwide Standard, https://www.mountaineers.org/about/vision-leadership/board-of-directors/clubwide-activity-standards/snowshoeing/view.
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Jimmy Klansnic
commented
Excellent plan. This will be a boon to clarifying Routes, and for trip leaders to post trips so that participant can better make selections for their skill and conditioning level.