I have always been kinda lazy, so I used to just buy a 1" in diameter six ft long clothes pole at the lumberyard, stick a rubber cane tip on it, cut to desired length, drill a hole in the other end and add a paracord loop, then hit the trails. When we needed to downsize a lot of stuff, we bought two Tracks Sherlock Walking Staffs, which collapse down to 41", and extend to 56". They come with a rubber tip, which is removable to bare the steel point, and have a removable snow basket. Kind of pricy, but they do what we need now...


Edit: It must have been one of those dreaded senior moment, 'cuz I just remembered that we have bunch of diamond willow in a side compartment that we brought back from Alaska. Gotta finish scraping the bark off, get 'em sanded and laquered, and figure out a tip for at least a couple of them. Then we will have some pretty hiking sticks...