Most winter hikers use microspikes on established trails. And the majority of those have orange Kahtoola brand spikes on:
http://kahtoola.com/product/microspikes/
There is a place for snowshoes like when breaking trail on 20" of new powder or off trail and deep snow. I will say that since getting microspikes several years ago, we have yet to put the snowshoes on. I wear Kahtoolas over Bugaboots:
http://www.columbia.com/mens-bugaboo...t-1626251.html
Great photo GBGX2