Snowshoes for your tripod?

Hi everyone,

I am trying to figure out how to add snowshoes to the tripod that I lug up mountain sides. I have done a lot of googling and can't seem to find much information.

The two things I have found is...

1. http://www.optcorp.com​/product.aspx?pid=1494​3
Which looks like it would break the first time used outdoors and I would also need to attach larger baskets to the bottom of it.

2. Everyone's opinion of how snow buckets are not needed on your tripod as all they do is tramp out the snow before putting the tripod out.

Snow conditions vary and I have been in plenty of powder that now matter how much you step on it to harden it there is no hope to hold up a tripod well and resorted to laying out gear under the legs to prevent it sinking through.

I have no interest in spending more money on a tripod with interchangeable feet. I have a Slik 330DX that I am doing this too, any suggestions on how to attach snow baskets too the bottom of them? or possibly a better product then the one I posted a link to?

Thanks!

Seems like you could DIY up something similar to the bottom of ski poles using the flat bottom of some old gallon ice cream buckets or the likes.

At least, I can see it in my head anyways.

Pick up some pet food can snap-on covers and use them; an X in the middle will let you slip them over the rubber feet. But if the snow is too light and fluffy, little short of a pad covering the entire span of your tripod will really work.

Gitzo version look very alike: http://www.gitzo.com …Snow_Shoes_%28S​et_Of_3%29

I have those Manfrotto snow shoes and they are super strong and sturdy. They will not break or come off the tripod. They are held on by a rubber strap. The only thing that isn't good, they are huge in size and take up a lot of space in your back pack.

Take Care,
Cheers, Patrick

Thanks guys, that's the trouble I am having... how would I attach the lids or baskets to the bottom of the legs? I have the exact same idea in my head until I actually got extra snow baskets and am now looking at the baskets and the bottom of the tripod legs. I thought of a couple semi permanent ways to attach it but the tripod still has to fold up and the baskets have to be removable

If I cut a X in the middle of the cover and slip the leg into it... whats stopping the cover from just traveling up further and further up the legs?

http://www.studiodaily​.com …for-Your-Tripod_9010.html

That link has a decent idea but he doesn't state where he got those little attachment points. The black part between the leg and the rubber foot in step 4. All that wood is also a bit heavy as this has to be lugged around in a backpack all day.

Edit: The gitzo/manfrotto/bogen ones look absolutely identical, I am glad to hear from someone who has actually used them though, that's awesome. I see your from Hawaii but do you happen to know how the rubber strap holds up severe cold? Im surprised there huge as they look small in the picture and no more then a few inchs across. And do you happen to know how large of a foot you can stick in there? There doesn't seem to be much information anywhere on these things.

Thank you

If you have a tripod with optional spike feet, the spike feet screw into threaded holes on the bottoms of the tripod legs in place of the standard feet. In that case, it is simple to unscrew the standard feet or spiked feet, place round plastic lids (with holes drilled in the center to the diameter of the threads) over the threads, and screw the feet/spikes back in place!

No solutions apart from the Manfrotto product, for tripods without spiked feet option.