Simplicity is the beauty of snowshoeing. The gear requirements are minimal. Warm clothes and warm boots are about as complicated as it gets. You might dress the same way to go snowshoeing as you would dress to go to a Broncos game in January (without the fuzzy orange hair).

There are practically no time constraints. It's easy to go snowshoeing for just a half hour. Try getting your act together to just ski one run on the big hill and compare the times. Snowshoeing gives you an easy opportunity to get outside, breathe some fresh air, and get some exercise without having to collect a bunch of gear or remembering you've forgotten your ski pass right at the gondie doors.

The learning curve for snowshoeing is a straight line. Your first step snowshoeing might be tentative, by your second step you're an expert. Do you like to hike in the summer? You're already a natural snowshoer come winter.

The best part about snowshoeing is it gets you outside in the winter. Winter is too long of a season not to participate in it somehow.

We hear all the war stories... she won't ski with her boyfriend because he's "better." He doesn't like to ski with her because the truth be told she is actually the better skier.

Or, parents never see the kids out on the ski hill because they're out hucking air and pruning trees while the parents are just trying to stay out of the way. Nice to enjoy some quality time with the familyä

Snowshoeing is the great equalizer. Let the gun-ho guys break the trail. They'll slow down soon enough. Bring the smallest and even the grandest members of your family out for a snowshoe. Everyone gets to enjoy a wonderful winter day and one another's company.

The Ski Haus is hooked on snowshoeing. From our point of view it is high on the long list of winter activities that are great to do.

Full moon hikes through the aspens. Snowboarders accessing the backcountry for powder turns. Evening walks with the dogs. Lunch breaks along the creek. First dates on the pass.

Want a reason to try snowshoeing? It can be as simple as the activity itself. The sun is out. The full moon is up. The start of a new day are all reasons enough.