MSR
Evo Trail 22
Manufacturer list price (MSRP)
$179.95
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Overview
The Evo Trail is MSR's entry snowshoe: a one-piece polypropylene deck with steel traction rails moulded into it, 1.64 kg the pair in the 22 inch size. MSR rates it to 180 lb of combined body and pack weight, or 250 lb with add-on flotation tails sold separately. The deck and frame are a single unit rather than a fabric deck strung on a tube, which is why it grips well on hard-packed and icy trail and floats less well in deep powder.
Specs
- Brand
- MSR
- Weight
- 1640 g · 57.8 oz
- Type
- Recreational snowshoe, unisex
- Binding
- Paraglide
- Country of origin
- Made in USA of US and imported materials
- Deck material
- Polypropylene
- Frame material
- Martensitic steel
- Frame Material Type
- Plastic
- Item Weight
- 16 ounces
- Load
- Up to 180 lb / 80 kg
- Load with tails
- Up to 250 lb / 114 kg (flotation tails are a separate product)
- Material
- Alloy Steel, Plastic
- Material Type
- Alloy Steel, Plastic
- Product Dimensions
- 22"L x 8"W
- Size
- 22 in / 56 cm
- Surface area
- not published by the manufacturer; only length and width are given
- Televator
- No
- Traction
- Steel crampons and steel traction rails on a UniBody frame
- Binding Type — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Country Of Origin — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Deck Material — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Frame Material — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Heel Lift — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Load Rating Kg — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Material Primary — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Packed Size — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Product Type — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Size Label — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Surface Area Cm2 — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Traction Type — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
- Weight G — Source: manufacturer · checked 2026-08-11
Weight vs. category
4% heavier than the category average.
How it measures up
Against every one of the snowshoes in the RidgeNote register with a published figure. Manufacturer-listed; sources and dates are on this page.
- Weight
- 3.62 lb (1640 g)
- Lighter than 57% of 7 weighed · #3 lightest
- -2% vs the median 3.70 lb
- Price
- $167.47
- Cheaper than 68% of 19 priced · #6 cheapest
- -27% vs the median $229.95 · $2.89/oz (median $2.99/oz)
The lightest of the snowshoes on record is MSR Evo Trail Snowshoes at 1.00 lb — 1186 g less for $12.48 more.
The cheapest is MSR MSR® Snowshoe Maintenance Kit at $19.95 — $147.52 less.
RidgeNote verdict
Similar — lighter or cheaper
Compared with
Side by side on weight, list price and cost per ounce.
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Manufacturer list price (MSRP)
$179.95