Abstract: There is provided a shovel head of a shovel. The shovel head affixable to a shaft of the shovel, the shovel head including: an elongated socket for receiving the shaft therein at a receiving end; a blade connected to the socket opposite the receiving end; and one or two steps extending rearwards from the top of the blade. In a particular case, the shovel head includes exactly two steps and each step is located on opposite sides of the connection to the elongated socket.

Abstract: There is provided a shovel head of a shovel. The shovel head affixable to a shaft of the shovel, the shovel head including: an elongated socket for receiving the shaft therein at a receiving end, the socket forming one or more structural ribs, the one or more structural ribs being approximately parallel to the length of the elongated socket; and a blade connected to the socket opposite the receiving end. In a particular case, the one or more structural ribs comprise folds in the elongated socket. In a particular case, the one or more structural ribs comprises exactly three structural ribs.