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</noinclude> [[Image:Snowshoe heel lift cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Some modern snowshoes have bars that can be flipped up for ascending steep slopes. The wearer's heel can rest on the bar.]] While the cleating and traction improvements to modern snowshoes have greatly enhanced snowshoers' climbing abilities, on very steep slopes it is still beneficial to make "kick steps," kicking the toes of the shoes into the snow to create a kind of snow stairs for the next traveler to use.
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[[Image:Snowshoe heel lift cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Some modern snowshoes have bars that can be flipped up for ascending steep slopes. The wearer's heel can rest on the bar.]]
While the cleating and traction improvements to modern snowshoes have greatly enhanced snowshoers' climbing abilities, on very steep slopes it is still beneficial to make "kick steps," kicking the toes of the shoes into the snow to create a kind of snow stairs for the next traveler to use. Some modern snowshoes have bars that can be flipped up for ascending steep slopes. The wearer's heel can rest on the bar.
While the cleating and traction improvements to modern snowshoes have greatly enhanced snowshoers' climbing abilities, on very steep slopes it is still beneficial to make "kick steps," kicking the toes of the shoes into the snow to create a kind of snow stairs for the next traveler to use.