Depends if you are used to using them bring them along. If you don't normally use them this would not be the trail to experiment with them. Collapsible ones are the best because there are sections like Mt Mansfield where you will be climbing and not hiking. They would just be in the way at times. If it is a wet year some of the wet areas will swallow up a pole very easily and put you off balance pretty quick.

As I have gotten older I do use them at times depending on the terrain. I did use them on the northern section of the LT and they were useful to me. I also use them to put my tarp in porch mode and as a spreader bar on the hammock tarp to give more room when sleeping so it does not bother me to carry them and not use them all of the time while hiking.