Best Durable lightweight hiking poles? Peax?

[mrdeadheadr]

Whats the best quality trekking poles to take on an elk hunt? Ones that will be used to guy my tent out, and pack meat out that's durable enough but very lightweight?

Can anyone attest to the quality of the Peax Backcountry poles?

thanks

 

[WeiserBucks]

I use Leki

 

[stephane]

Cascade mtn designs carbon poles, cork handles. Cheap and durable in my experience. Have used my set for 100+ days elk hunting, with my trekking pole tent too.

 

[taskswap]

Cascade mtn designs carbon poles, cork handles. Cheap and durable in my experience. Have used my set for 100+ days elk hunting, with my trekking pole tent too.

Second this. These are great poles at a great price. And with a second advantage. Most poles have just one handle. These have two - a cork top handle with finger indents, and a foam wrap below that. This is super handy when hunting because we're always doing height-changing stuff like scrambling over trees or crossing streams.

You can set your pole up taller than you'd normally use for normal hiking, hold the cork handle when planting the pole somewhere below you, then hold the foam section when you plant the pole on something tall like a rock. Or those times when you're on a deeply rutted trail and the ground on both sides of you is 10" higher than where your feet are.

I epoxied a length of 1/4-20 bolt into the head of my main pole. I keep a V-yoke mounted on that which gives me a monopod for quick snapshots and the ability to swap on my binos for a quick glassing session if I don't want to bring my tripod.

 

[Andouille]

I bought Peax poles this spring and probably have 100-150 miles of training hikes in steep mountains on them with no issues. The locks hold nicely and they are very stiff due to the larger diameter tubing used than many other brands. Foam grip model was on sale so that's what I bought, and I find the grips very comfortable, even with bare hands.

 

[RADunfee]

I second Leki unless you want made in China.

 

[Willie IV]

Cascade mtn designs carbon poles, cork handles. Cheap and durable in my experience. Have used my set for 100+ days elk hunting, with my trekking pole tent too.

I just ordered a set of these this morning. Thanks for the recommendation.

 

[JeffMc]

Anyone have issues with the Cascade mtn breaking. Would you use these on a sheep or goat hunt in Alaska

 

[doverpack12]

I’ve had cascade mountain tech poles for 8-10 years with 50 or so days of use per year. I’ve broken one, but it wasn’t a fault of the pole. We were backpacking and had 5-6 dogs (all Brittany’s) with us, I was the first to the top of a rocky knob. Dogs all darted as we hit the top, there was a fresh elk calf bedded and mom was on the far hillside trying to lure us away. I had to use my poles to beat the dogs off the calf and broke the middle section I think. My friend borrowing a set did break the bottom section when his pole was between two boulders and he lost his balance pushing sideways on the pole.
Outside of those two instances absolute zero issues. I can say with confidence any other carbon pole regardless of brand would have broken in those two scenarios. Maybe aluminum would have bent or maybe it would have kinked and broke.

The nice thing about cascade mountain tech is for a reasonable price you can order replacement individual pole sections. So I still have two complete sets of 100%!functioning poles.
And I ordered an extra bottom section that I use for a tall center pole by removing a bottom pole section.

 

[JohnB]

Anyone have issues with the Cascade mtn breaking. Would you use these on a sheep or goat hunt in Alaska

I broke one and didn't really know what happened. I was walking through some forest duff and all the sudden my pole was 8" shorter. I did the same as doverpack12 and ordered a replacement piece and haven't had an issue in 5 more years after plenty of rough treatment.