Snowshoes

Snowshoes were a type of footwear common in arctic regions, such as the Great Glacier and the North.

Description
Snowshoes were oval frames of wood, long and  wide, with a web-like layout of rawhide or sinew strips laced within it.

Those sold in Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue were typically constructed with duskwood.

Powers
Snowshoes gave wearers the ability to walk upon the surface of snow, rather than having their feet sink within it. Thus they enabled a wearer to move faster and less impeded in arctic regions than normal footwear would allow.

Notable Snowshoes

 * Snowshoes of speed: an arctic variant of boots of speed that were typically created and worn by arctic dwarves.

Classes

 * Arctic druids often knew how to construct snowshoes and at times would create enchanted ones that allowed them more rapid movement.

Groups

 * The members of Clan Battlehammer that lived in Icewind Dale were known to utilize snowshoes.
 * The Vani, a gnome tribe in the Samek Valley, were often known to utilize snowshoes.

Individuals

 * Lemminkainen, a proxy of the goddess Mielikki, owned an enchanted pair of snowshoes.
 * Martine of Sembia often wore a pair of snowshoes when she was in the Samek Valley.

Nations & Settlements

 * Those who lived in the snowy region of Cormyr were known to wear snowshoes.
 * The use of snowshoes was quite common among Rashemi. In their homeland of Rashemen, youths were known to hold running competitions in which one wore only snowshoes and a traditional doe-skin loincloth.

Races & Intelligent Creatures

 * Arctic dwarves were one of many races in the Great Glacier that utilized snowshoes to traverse its harsh arctic environment.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * The Accursed Tower • Rise of Tiamat • Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
 * Novels
 * Soldiers of Ice • Windwalker