If you enjoy snowshoeing, you are not alone. The activity is popular enough to have an entire industry dedicated to it. Snowshoeing has a low injury risk and is a way to burn calories.
Identification
The number of calories you'll burn while snowshoeing depends on your body weight. In a half-hour, a 125-lb. person will burn 240 calories, 155-lb. person will burn 298 and a 185-lb. person 355, according to Harvard Medical School.
Significance
Snowshoeing burns the same number of calories as cross-country skiing, another popular winter activity, and more calories than ice skating or sledding. Performing each of the latter activities for a half-hour burns 210 calories for a 125-lb. person, 260 calories for a 155-lb. person or 311 calories for a 185-lb. person, according to Harvard. It also burns more than downhill skiing, which burns 180 calories for a 125-lb. person, 223 calories for a 155-lb. person or 266 calories for a 185-lb. person.
Considerations
Snowshoe for an hour and you'll burn 480 calories if you are a 125-lb. person, 596 calories if you are a 155-lb. person and 710 calories if you are a 185-lb. person, according to Harvard Medical School. Snowsports Industries America pegs the calorie burn from snowshoeing at more than 600 calories per hour, and you can burn 45 percent more calories than either running or walking at the same speed, reports "Snowshoe" magazine.
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