If by “good,” you mean a workout that leaves you sweat-soaked and panting, then snowshoeing may provide a better workout than running or walking. In one of the few studies to directly compare those activities, researchers in Vermont found that snowshoeing in powder at less than 3 miles per hour requires about the same exertion as jogging on level ground at more than twice that speed.
“Snowshoeing is hard work,” said Adam W. Chase, the captain of the Atlas Snow-Shoe Company snowshoe racing team.
People wearing snowshoes must lift their knees and raise their feet more than during normal running, he said, in order to allow the cleats on the bottom of the snowshoes to clear the ground with each stride. “Your hip flexors get quite a workout,” he said, as do the quadriceps and buttocks muscles.
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