

Human: If I'm hiking over icy ground, do I want snow spikes on my shoes or snow shoes?

Assistant: 
Hmm. I’m going to go ahead and defer to this advice from an in-the-field expert:
You can think about this either way - whether you want to hike on top of the snow with spikes, or if you'd rather have the snow frozen solid and walk on top of it with the snow shoes.