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I am the only person who finds them always  too narrow? Do you all walk with one foot landing in line with the other?

Woozels ?

Could be!

I consider I do a public service by walking haggis-like with one foot higher than the other to widen the track.

I was once told during some army training on basic tracking, that if you're carrying more weight, your tracks get narrower. Maybe you just need a bigger rucksack?

Perhaps; or heffalumps?

Are you sure? Did you catch them? It would make more sense that tracks would be wider to give a larger base of support for the heavy load? 

Narrower makes sense to me: If you have a heavy load you are more likely to want to keep your feet directly under the center of gravity rather than swaying side-to-side (which is probably more efficient under normal conditions).

Well I'm fairly sure that's what I was told, the instructor made a big point of it as people seem to assume the opposite. No idea if it's true though, I've never checked 

You need to get out earlier to break the trail, then you'll make it the right width.

What Marek said.  This might make sense while standing still, but while you're walking the 'base of support' is only one foot at a time.

Probably not Meynet!

One should have a 'farmer's gait' while wearing crampons anyway so looks like a lot of people are bringing too much kit!

My pet peeve with snow tracks is that people take big steps. I often find myself kicking new steps in between the giant's leaps one sometimes finds. 

Way back at the dawn of the plastic boots era, my mate Dave (surname witheld) set off from a hut in fresh snow with some friends. It wasn't until they complained that they had difficulty following his tracks that he realised he'd put the shells on the wrong feet...

My pet peeve is short, light people who make dainty little holes that don't break through the crust. Not only do they not make sensible holes and screw up the snow forcing me to walk toe-heel but they don't break through the crust either so I am perpetually falling through to a deeper layer.

The sight of tiny folk trying to use my holes never fails to amuse though as they often get stranded half way through a stride as if they are trying to step over a pommel horse.

Are you saying you have big balls?

My feet point out at 45 degrees so I get endless complaints about my tracks. My skin tracks just get laughed at...

I LOL'd