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These Carbon Fiber Snowshoes Can Elevate Bulky Winter Footwear
Komperdell’s Air Frames are the featherweight way to scale those winter hills.
For millennia, snowshoes have been adapted to fit the terrain and the people who use them. Consider these $350 Carbon Air Frames, from Komperdell Sportartikel GmbH, the peak option for our time. Carbon fiber construction—first used in the Austria-based company’s ski poles—replaces aluminum to streamline winter’s bulkiest footwear to 639 grams, or 1.4 pounds. That makes them the lightest pair on the market. The frame and the decking, usually separate, are here combined to form a cohesive one-piece unit that’s 25 inches long and rated to support 220 pounds.
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