Ideal for bus transfers. For example being picked up via a bus at the bottom of your hotel, and taken to the lift system that you want to get up the mountain. Didn’t use the Clipstic once on the slopes themselves. For example, getting on a gondola at the bottom of the run. If you’re rushing around the sleep, you can’t be bothered to take it out your pocket and strap it round your skis and then push the poles into it.