A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to break a way from the city and get up to the beauty and snow that Tahoe has to offer.

Prior to my trip, I had been at Outdoor Retailer with my client SkirtSports and at SIA with Skullcandy, where there was nothing but every vendor you could ever imagine who had somehting to offer the outdoor enthusiast. While immersed with all the snowboarding and skiing equipment I could ever imagine, I found my eye and brain wandering not to the items I would normally purchase, but to one unique shoe I never imagined myself wearing...Can you guess? That's right, snowshoes.

Once I got to break free of the city, all I could think about where those funky shoes and getting out in the snow to test them out for myself. So I decided to pass on my normal activity, snowboarding, and break out on the trails for a $15 rental fee, with my snowshoes.

Coming from a girl who never thought she'd see the day when snowshoeing was "cool", I can honestly say that snowshoeing has found a place in my heart and I will forever claim snowshoeing as the ultimate COOL.