Abstract: Each ski boot of a pair will have a toe notch and a heel notch so that each pair of boots will have four notches. Boot carriers have four rigid members which fit into the four notches on ski boots. The members engaging the heel notches are connected to one end of an elastic assembly, and the member connecting to the toe notches are connected to the other end of an elastic assembly. The elastic assembly between the soles of the two boots will pull the boots so that they are held together at the soles. A handle is connected to the members engaged in the notches at one end to provide for a carrier for the boots.

Abstract: A bicycle type cable lock is attached to the pivot means of a ski carrier. The cable lock can be used to secure a pair of skis and poles to a permanent structure when they are attached to the ski carrier. The cable lock also can be used to secure the ski carrier by itself to a permanent structure such as a tree.

Abstract: In the expanded ski and pole carrying operative array of the member parts of the ski and pole carrier, the position of skis and poles held by the carrier are positively managed by the operator because the skis and poles are firmly and positively positioned by the combination therewith of rigid connected ski-holding and orienting members and resilient clamping members. The rigid orienting members are sized and shaped and pivotally movable and reconnectable to be formed in a compact nested array wherein the larger members enclose the smaller members to protect the thin-edged members thereof and form a stable compact pocket-sized structure free of projecting sharp edges, which compact array is quickly and surely formed into the expanded ski and ski-pole carrying array of parts.