LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS




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

constitutes and appoints David P. Carlson, Aaron G. Atkinson, James D.

Fontaine, Bruce A. Robertson and Brent L. Jones, signing singly, as 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 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 2nd day of January, 2005.


/s/  Richard A. Rosenthal