present invention to pull oneself forward snowboarder 1000 puts the pole in the snow and grips vertical grip 101 with one hand and horizontal grip 102 with the other hand snowboarder 1000 then has sufficient leverage to pull on handle 100 in order to propel him or herself in one embodiment both grips 101 102 are shaped to fit a snowboarder 39 s hand within a glove or mitten in one embodiment handle 100 includes door 103 that can be opened for example by pressing on release button 104 to gain access to pole segments within according to various embodiments door 103 can be designed to open in any number of ways whether by button lever or latch and can be pushed open either manually or via a spring loaded mechanism not shown referring briefly to fig7 at the bottom of door 103 is notch 702 which aligns with notch 701 in the bottom of handle 100 to provide an opening through which a first pole segment can protrude in one embodiment door 103 contains a latch or clip not shown that holds it in the closed position until button 104 is pressed again in one embodiment door 103 is spring loaded so that once opened it stays open.