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| GričarA15. 11. 2010 16:52:33 |
Which winter poles do you recommend?
I'd like them to have as much surface area as possible so they don't sink into deep snow and to be as cheap as possible, because every year I bend(destroy) approx. 1-2 pairs 
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| rjudnic15. 11. 2010 16:56:05 |
It's best to have one pair of poles and two snow baskets (small ones screwed on in summer, large ones in winter) so you don't need 2 pairs of poles.
Check if some shop has large baskets that fit your poles
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| tol15. 11. 2010 18:13:48 |
For Planjava you need "proper" crampons, ice axe, avalanche kit and knowledge of use.
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| GričarA15. 11. 2010 18:20:47 |
I'm not even thinking of Planjava this year yet, it's already dangerous in summer.
I'd like to buy semi-automatic ones but then I'd have to change boots too.
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| aljazek15. 11. 2010 18:21:32 |
GričarA, I wouldn't put that on my feet in the mountains 
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| Zalas15. 11. 2010 18:58:43 |
I have similar home-made ketne and I can tell you I tore half the chain on Čemšeniška planina. So it's not really safe! At least uphill! For flat parts they are good though!
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| tol15. 11. 2010 19:43:04 |
If you don't have boots for automatic / semi-automatic crampons, just buy universal strap-on ones. You won't notice the difference, just 1 minute longer to put on, 'cause you gotta tie them. Colleague also ice climbed with universal crampons no problem.
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| turbo15. 11. 2010 19:51:52 |
Nice poles also at:
http://www.tehnomat.si/index.php?cat_id=8
I have two-piece for ski touring (very large snow basket) and very satisfied. And if sth breaks they have cheap spares always in stock. Cheap too. Only drawback maybe they're a bit heavier than "renowned" "pricier" makers. But my feeling: weight = robustness.
Crampons though, if you take strap-on ones, only two drawbacks: first don't look "fancy", second at start takes longer to fit on boots. To me these ain't big enough to buy new boots.
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| atoamac15. 11. 2010 20:17:42 |
For me mini-crampons were handy in between time when not yet properly snowy and not fully bare; on easier hikes with some icy bit, or on packed icy trail (Šmarna gora, Krim, Begunjščica, Porezen, Otliško okno, Tolminski Migovec, Vrh Dunje/Jof di Dogna, Kalški Greben, Mali Golak, Modrasovec, Tolminski Kuk, Vogel; even summer descending snow patches (Sauleck; Konjski Špik...)) Instructions say not for steeper inclines. Still I wore them descending from saddle under Kadin in Muzci and on some steep grass regretted not having them.
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| GričarA15. 11. 2010 23:15:29 |
I like that you wrote more, I like reading others' opinions...
So if I get it right you recommend classic strap crampons, hope they're stable on steeps and don't come off.
On poles I noticed too, cheaper ones last longer, have Spar ones for ~5 years still good, when bought super expensive at Intersport destroyed in 5 summer hikes.
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| JusAvgustin16. 11. 2010 19:58:17 |
I use non-folding poles for ski touring (recommended!)(old as the earth ) from Elan. With an even older ELAN mark. They have very large snow baskets and leather straps. They were probably used by my grandpa too. I'm writing because the quality back then compared to now is really incomparable. The poles are decades old and still top!
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| turbo16. 11. 2010 20:58:58 |
geolog79, you too? Me too, I have one-piece pre-flood Elan non-folding ones, worth gold
But if the kid is with me, then I take folding ones so the "spears" don't swing over my head 
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| JusAvgustin16. 11. 2010 21:08:07 |
What gold, priceless!!!
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| Griha17. 11. 2010 12:18:06 |
These poles are really awesome. Black, with leather wrist strap, and ancient ELAN logo on the grips... mine were in use 35 years (from father) at least 10x per season and were still perfectly straight (only a little of the baskets left). Last year I bent them in an awkward fall in the Dolomites (ran over them and fell over them) and finally broke them while "straightening". This year I broke some cross-country ones (on Viševnik) and bent last year's bought alpine ones (on Mali Mojstrovka). Can someone advise what's best to buy for ski touring? Buy new cheap poles and regularly bend/break them, or dig deeper in the pocket and hope REEES are higher quality? Are folding poles much less durable?
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| turbo17. 11. 2010 14:36:53 |
Griha,
I bought quality and expensive gear (known brands) a few years (decade?) ago. And since my average is 1 set of broken poles around 3 to 4 seasons, I "switched" to "unknown" and accordingly cheap brands. I break them just the same, but it costs me less. 
The only ones that are neither bent nor broken are the good old one-piece (alpine) Elan poles  . The rest are either bent and harder to assemble/disassemble or broken and I don't know when they will collapse and so on  . But I can praise the two-piece Tehnomat poles that I use for ski touring. Robust, a bit heavier, work great. Once I broke the bottom tip, I got the spare part right away for a symbolic price.
Anyway, the pole is feminine and maybe I should handle her (them) more gently 
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