LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,

constitutes and appoints Aaron G. Atkinson, James D. Fontaine, Bruce A.

Robertson and Brent L. Jones, signing singly,the undersigned's true and

lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter

described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned
to:

1.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of LaCrosse
Footwear,
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder, and any other
forms or reports the undersigned may be
required to file in connection with
the undersigned's ownership,
acquisition, or disposition of securities of
the Company;

2.	do
and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
any such Form 3, 4
or 5, or other form or report, and timely file such form
or report with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any
stock
exchange or similar authority; and

3.	take any other action of
any
type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the

documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned

pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants
to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This
Power of Attorney shall
remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

The undersigned
acknowledges that:


(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not
require, such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information
provided to
such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such

information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by such

attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of

Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and

disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems

necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor such

attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's

responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii)
any
liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such

requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for

profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and



(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from

responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under
the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
under
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	The undersigned hereby
gives and
grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as
fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
present,
hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of
the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney.

	This Power of Attorney
shall remain in
full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in
a signed writing
delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this
20th day of April, 2005.

/s/  David P. Carlson