Snowshoe
A snowshoe is a footwear device designed to spread a person's weight, allowing easier movement across snow-covered ground.
Also known as: traditional snowshoe, snow shoe
How big is it?
76 cm long
Also 2.493 ft
Defined frame length · defined specimen
Typical recorded range: 65 cm to 90 cm.
A little perspective
About the same scale as Human arm.
Human arm: The human arm is the upper limb of the body, extending from the shoulder to the hand and enabling a wide range of movement and manipulation.
Measurements, assumptions & sources +
Snowshoe
One defined traditional teardrop snowshoe 76 cm long, 25 cm wide and 1 kg. Frames, decking and bindings vary; dimensions describe one complete shoe, not a pair.
Encyclopaedia Britannica — Snowshoe
The marked defined frame length is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
Human arm
One complete arm in a defined 70 kg adult model: 75 cm from shoulder to fingertip and 3.46 kg, using published upper-arm, forearm and hand mass fractions. This is a comparison model, not a population average.
de Leva — Adjustments to Zatsiorsky-Seluyanov segment inertia parameters
The marked defined shoulder-to-fingertip length is calibrated. Unmeasured illustration details are representative.
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Why we use 76 cm
For comparison, this page uses defined frame length. This is labelled defined specimen: an explicit comparison model rather than a claim that every example has the same value. The recorded range is 65 cm to 90 cm.
One defined traditional teardrop snowshoe 76 cm long, 25 cm wide and 1 kg. Frames, decking and bindings vary; dimensions describe one complete shoe, not a pair.
The marked vertical span follows the named feature; transparent margins and unmeasured details do not alter it. How calibrated comparisons work →
Recorded properties
Snowshoe dimensions and measurements
| Property | Selected value | Recorded range | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 cm | 65 cm to 90 cm | defined specimen | |
| 25 cm | 22 cm to 30 cm | defined specimen | |
| 1 kg | 700 g to 1.3 kg | defined specimen |
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- Encyclopaedia Britannica — SnowshoeTraditional frame, webbing and binding form; dimensions and mass are an explicit one-shoe specimen.
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