View post: Ski Mountaineering Approved for French Alps 2030 Olympics, New Races Added Most skiers use poles. These handy spears are key to a successful turn, and make balancing while skiing—and ...

Watch any trail race or ultramarathon and odds are you’ll find runners huffing and puffing up insanely steep climbs or tip-toeing atop razor-thin mountain ridges with poles in their hands. But despite ...

Let’s take a moment to admire the unassuming hero of our powder days: the ski pole. Ski poles are the uncelebrated champion of skiing. They aren’t as critical as ski boots or bindings and nowhere near ...