Whether you're skiing or snowshoeing in the backcountry you deserve the best in quality and versatility especially when help is hours away. The Life-Link Carbon Pro pole is the best in the business especially among telemark guides and ski patrols. Like all Life-Link poles the carbon fiber lower shaft and upper aluminum shaft have a patented Ovalized Locking shape that locks in place when you twist it. Other ski snowshoe and trekking poles have round telescoping designs that slip and slide requiring repeated adjustments and resizing after hard pole plants and other uses. Each ergonomic overmolded rubber grip has a breakaway wrist strap that helps protect your wrists during falls. This breakaway design also releases in an avalanche potentially averting serious injuries. The lower carbon fiber shafts join together to create a lightweight avalanche probe. Each pole features roughly ten inches of adjustment for sizing but if you need a collapsible lightweight design Life-Link's Guide Ultra Light Pro might be a better fit.