About GV Snowshoes Nyflex: This model shoe is called the Nyflex. It is plastic injected molded shoe, so it is entirely one piece, hiking lifter comes stuck on the shoe because that is the main purpose of the snow shoe. It is for hard compact surfaces and extreme hiking. As you can see under the shoe, we have a lot of cleating, a lot of cleating that is very aggressive. A rigid pivot system with our standard rachide binding system also.