Pole baskets for ski poles for the touring sector, which pole baskets can be folded in the direction of the pole tip

A pole basket for a ski pole, cross-country pole, trekking pole, Nordic walking pole or hiking pole, in which the pole basket has a flat surface area,

• wherein at least some sections of a basket region can be folded towards a pole tip and conversely in an opposite direction up to an upper stop where the basket region forms a flat or only minimally curved plane, and in that the pole basket is folded by means of a force acting on a top of the basket region, and in that when the force is removed, the pole basket returns to an open position independently,
• wherein a hinge area is at least partially covered and protected against material entering it by a cover that extends from a mounting plate or a cover section of said pole basket towards a corresponding basket wing, a silicon foil or a form element with an elastic pleat and/or an elastic pleat that is at least partially folded in a compressed state, or an accordion shaped elastic pleat, where the cover is elastically adaptable, in that the cover collects energy when the pole basket is folded into its folded state, which will then be released again after the force acting on the upper face of the basket region is discontinued so that the pole basket returns independently into its open state.