How to Put Walking Tips on Your Ski Poles

Trek pole walking tips are a great accessory, transforming your winter ski poles into a tool that will help you stay in shape during the summer. This is done by switching your sharp ski pole ends with the wide circular "baskets" used to prevent the pole from penetrating snow for trekking pole tips with wide bottomed rubber ends and smaller baskets for trail walking. The motion of walking while using trekking poles is very helpful for increasing the strength and endurance muscles used in skiing as well.

Things You'll Need

  • Ski poles
  • Summer trekking pole tips
  • Pliers
  • Hammer
  • Cooking pot
  • Ski pole oil
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Instructions

    • 1

      Bring your ski poles to a sporting goods store that specializes in ski poles and trekking poles, and ask them to help you find a set of trekking pole ends which match the threading of your ski poles. There are many different types of threads and attachment methods, so it is important that you purchase the correct type of trekking pole attachment so that you do not damage your ski poles.

    • 2

      Detach your ski pole tips by rotating the entire end of the pole, from the basket to the tip, in a counterclockwise motion. If you have trouble rotating the end, do not worry as you may have baskets which are pushed on and off.

    • 3

      Place stubborn ski pole tips in a pot of boiling water which is deep enough to submerge the entire end of the ski pole for one minute. Remove the ski pole from the water and hold it in place with your shod feet while pulling upwards to remove the end of the ski pole. You can also try to pull them apart by gripping each section with pliers and rotating them in opposite directions.

    • 4

      Coat the threads of the new walking tips with ski pole lubricant or oil. This will make it easier to attach and detach the tips when you rotate out the walking tips for snow tips in the winter. Place the new walking tip onto the shaft of the old ski pole and attach it in place by either rotating it clockwise for threading tips or by holding it in place with pliers and striking the pliers with a hammer if the tips must be hammered on.