Black Diamond Pursuit Carbon Z Trekking Poles

This is the long-days pole. Where the Distance range chases the lowest number on the scales, the Pursuit spends a little of that weight on comfort you feel on day four - cork grips, a tilted grip angle and a longer extension to grab on the climbs.

The 5-degree tilt

The grip is angled five degrees forward rather than sitting square to the shaft. It puts your wrist in a more natural position at the moment you load the pole, which is the moment that accumulates into sore wrists over a long week. It is a small geometry change that you stop noticing precisely because nothing aches.

Cork, and when you want it

Natural cork moulds to your hand over the first few days and stays cool and dry in heat. On a long walk in Australian summer that beats foam. It is the grip most thru-hikers land on after they have tried the others.

Ready for shoulder season

Snow baskets are in the box. If your year runs from summer scrub to spring corn snow in the Victorian high country, you are not buying anything extra to make these work.

Weight

Key features

• Ergonomic natural cork grips with 5-degree tilt geometry
• Recycled Bloom grip extensions for choking down on climbs
• 100% carbon three-section folding shaft, fixed length
• Ultralight airmesh straps
• Snow baskets included