What are the pros and cons of planchados and splits?
What are the pros and cons of planchados and splits? To choose between planchados and splits , the best is still to try. Everyone's feelings can vary, and especially priorities and practices differ from one individual to another. To sum up, here is a synthesis of the strengths and weaknesses of each practice, to my humble and very subjective opinion (after more than ten years of snowshoeing is a few hundred outings, some inconclusive trials in mini-skiing , and a recent splitboard with about 30 outputs): The planchados solution: Key comparative advantages: Reasonable price; Easy to find used equipment; Great choice of equipment: anything is possible even for the most demanding (racquets and snowboards in a plenty); Good efficiency of modern snowshoes (you climb absolutely everywhere, even sometimes where skiers are forced to take off their shoes); Lightness at the feet (about 4kg for the shoe-racket torque). Key weaknesses: High weight in the back on the cl...