Abstract: The present invention consists of a bar with a mechanism at one end that serves a dual purpose: it allows the user to attach the bar in a non-permanent fashion to a ski pole shaft and it serves as a hinge so that the bar may be fixed in a position either parallel or transverse to the ski pole shaft. In the transverse position the device, when integrated with a ski pole, may be used by an experienced skier to either tow uphill or to control the speed of inexperienced skiers.

Abstract: A device that is attached to a ski or other host instrument and which comprises a rigid body with a slot cut into it. The slot size is such that a ski pole shaft fits into and slides through the slot but the ski pole basket that is attached to the ski pole shaft does not pass through the slot.