Climbing snowshoe assembly having removable decking sections with binding-mounted crampon disposed therebetween

摘要

A climbing snowshoe assembly includes a snowshoe having a peripheral frame and decking on the frame. The peripheral frame is formed by forward and rearward members having U-shaped configurations with facing pairs of opposite open ends, and rod-shaped insert connectors slidably interfitted with the facing pairs of opposite open ends of the forward and rearward frame members to assemble the forward and rearward frame members. The decking is made of solid flexible material formed into a front pocket section and a rear sleeve section spaced from one another and removably mounted over the forward and rearward frame members. The assembly also includes a binding having a boot support base disposed within and spaced inwardly from the peripheral frame, an axle mounting and extending transversely to a front portion of the boot support base and having opposite end portions extending outwardly from opposite sides of the boot support base, and a pair of couplers connected to the opposite end portions of the axle and slidably mounted over and detachably fastened to the insert connectors between the forward and rearward frame members. The assembly further includes a crampon fixedly attached to the front portion of the boot support base of the binding assembly and disposed between the front and rear sections of the decking.