Ski pole supporting assembly

A ski pole supporting assembly for releasably attaching to a pair of ski poles and supporting them on a bar portion of a chair lift or similar supporting structure, said ski poles having small diameter portions near baskets and large diameter portions having a larger diameter near handles, comprising

• a flexible strap made of weather resistant material and having two ends, and
• a pair of clasps attached to respective said ends of said strap,
• each said clasp having a longitudinal shaft aperture extending therethrough defined by a pair of substantially semicylindrical wall formations, each of said wall formations having outer end portions,
• said outer end portions of said wall formations being spaced apart by a distance smaller than said larger diameter to define a passage permitting entry of said larger diameter portion into said shaft aperture by lateral movement of said larger diameter portion relative to said clasp with the application of force sufficient to deflect said outer end portions apart to said larger diameter and to then resiliently return to a smaller distance to retain said larger diameter portion within said aperture,
• said aperture having a diameter that is less than said larger diameter of a ski pole, said end portions of said semicylindrical wall formations having flared end portions permitting grasping by a skier to open up the end portions and facilitate entry or removal of said ski pole.
• whereby each said clasp can be attached to a respective ski pole and said strap can be supported by said bar portion of said chair lift or similar supporting structure.