Trekking Poles for Super Tarp

[WoolyBugger]

Picked up a super tarp from the classifies and need to source some trekking poles for it. What poles are you running?

 

[Dave0317]

I’ve used the Cascade Mountain tech poles a few seasons.

Trekking poles seem like the kind of thing that you can spend a ton for very minute improvements in weight and quality, but these poles were $50 when I bought them, and have lasted so far. And the weight specs are about the same as $230 sets of poles.

I don’t use them much for hiking, so my current plan to lighten things further is to just use tarp pitches that don’t need poles. If there are plenty of trees around, that’s not generally a problem. Saves me a pound to do that and leave the poles in the truck.

 

[Clovis]

I used Lekis with my Supertarp when using poles for hiking, but sticks work just fine too if you aren't already bringing poles.