These are reviews from the UKC editorial team
Lightweight, compact and well made, C.A.M.P's Sky Carbon and Sonic Alu trekking poles represent pretty good value for money. As these are basically the same pole in either aluminium or carbon fibre, we've reviewed them both in a one-er.
There are many ways to wreck a pair of poles. My favoured approach is to pick a course back and forth across huge piles of unstable moraine whilst carrying a large and overloaded pack. With that in mind, I took a pair of Leki's Tour Carbon 3 poles out on...
Walking poles are great opinion dividers. There are those who think they are cumbersome wastes of time, and those who swear by them... Alan James tests the MSR Talus TR3: "An excellent robust and lightweight pole with an innovative compression system..."
Viv Scott reviews Black Diamond's 'Ultra Distance' carbon fibre folding trekking poles. The 3-section Z-Pole design...
Alison Culshaw from Adventure Expeditions offers some tips on choosing trekking poles, and reviews three pairs, each with their own...
The Grivel Trail Pole is a compact, lightweight trekking pole, revolutionary in its design and execution, says Mike Kann. "A pole's a pole right?...
These are annoucements direct from manufacturers
The Micro Vario Carbon, which is also available in a Ladies and a Strong version as well as with an integrated anti- shock feature, is always the first choice – whether for trekking, multi-day cabin tours or fixed-rope routes.
AS Wimbledon fortnight approaches, it's worth noting that the trekking world owes a nod of thanks to the Murrays and Haleps et al who'll soon be gracing the courts of SW19.
LEKI poles have just got media friendly: they can now accommodate a GoPro. This feature has been added to LEKI's entire racing pole collection making it easy to fit a camera to the top of the pole.
Mr Fancati Domenico, (1913-2013), founded Fizan in 1947. A man of vision, he was the first to produce ski poles in aluminium when steel...
These ultralight, foldable trekking poles, weighing only 450g per pair for the Sonic Alu and 377g per pair for the Sky Carbon, pack down to just...
Effect Chairs; the Chiller and Breeze – compact, lightweight and comfortable folding chairs. Perfect...
LEKI'S Tour Carbon 3 pole (£139.95 a pair) has been built for big mountain powder days: it's light,...
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