Trekking poles come in four styles: folding, telescoping, combination, and fixed.
If you intend to travel with your trekking poles, you won’t want to keep them at their full length. While TSA Guidelines suggest you can’t fly with trekking poles in your carry-on anymore, they can be checked in a suitcase or backpack.
Folding, telescoping, and combination poles have advantages over fixed-length poles. It is likely there will be conditions on your hike when you will want to put your poles away. For example, if you need to use your hands for scrambling around steep terrain, carrying an ice axe, or using an umbrella. On cold mornings, some hikers prefer to keep their hands in their pockets instead of using trekking poles. Folding, telescoping, and combination poles allow you to easily carry your poles strapped to your hiking day pack or your backpacking backpack.
Lastly, folding, telescoping, and combination poles are the best option for folks doing multi-sport activities. For example, bikepackers or packrafters who add a hiking component to their trip. For multi-sport athletes, we recommend poles the shortest poles you can find. You will want a pole that can easily fit on your bikepacking bike or packraft. In our experience, the Leki Makalu FX Carbon folds down to the smallest size at 40 cm (15”).
Folding poles disassemble into a z-shape and often have a cable that connects all the parts together – much like tent poles.
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