Powder Touring Ski Options?

[bovine]

Looking to fill a hole in my touring quiver and looking for something around 115mm under foot, sub 7lbs in the 182cm size range.

What's worth looking at these days?
Things I already know about:
Voile Hyper V8s
Atomic Backland 117s
BD Helio 115s

I don't need a ski that I can go 60 mph on. I'm looking for a "versatile" fat ski that'll excel in weird snow conditions and pow, but also be pretty versatile- relatively speaking for a wide ski.

Not looking to throw down retail for the latest ski- something that can be found used for not too much coin.

What else
Gracias

[John_B]

DPS in Tour1 or PagodaTour or whatever is it is now would be in the neighborhood of your weight specs and can be found used for not stupid prices, unlike at retail.

[Benneke10]

The Helio 115/116 are the easiest to find used for cheap (lots on KSL classifieds)

[Marshal Olson]

Outdoor Gear Exchange has Black Diamond Helio 116 186cm for $450 new right now. They are quite light and surfy. If you find used pairs, this fact might be helpful in your negotiation.

[Robik]

Pescado if you're weirdo. Need to get used to wide swallow tails on the skinner

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[sruffian]

moment bibby tour in a 184, older moment exit worlds

volkl bmt's or katanas

do bentchet's make the weight cut off? probably the easiest to source of any of my rec's...

[bovine]

Not likely to find used, but has anyone put some time on the Armada Locator 112s? They look pretty sweet.

[GoSlowGoFar]

Bent Chetler 120 for something a little softer and easier to ski. Wildcat Tour if you want something playful but has a little more of a backbone. Armada JJ UL 116 could be another option. Line Vision 118.

Some sales in BC 120 so that looks like the ticket.

[swimmonzzz]

The 120 bent chetler is a very fun ski and extremely light. Hard to beat the weight/fun/capability ratio.

[rfconroy]

moment bibby tour in a 184, older moment exit worlds

volkl bmt's or katanas

do bentchet's make the weight cut off? probably the easiest to source of any of my rec's...

I also throught the bibby tour was great, but the rise on the tail made stabbing kick turns a total PITA, which I thought wrote that ski off in my opinion.

Ive been touring quite a bit on the Vision 118 thus far, and its been; a solid, progressive mounted, fun, touring ski. Super light, and descent in mixed snow conditions.

Not sure why this hasnt been mentioned yet, but... if youre into fully rockered skis you should be looking at the Renegade with the 4-lock system - that tail attachment system is really, really good...

[skis_the_trees]

I really like my 181 Voile Chargers but they are around 1870g/ski and not 1600g/ski like you are looking for. They Hyper series seems like it would be sweet for the weigh savings. I like traditional mount points and never go very fast while touring; these things are SUPER fun.

[GoSlowGoFar]

Not sure why this hasnt been mentioned yet, but... if youre into fully rockered skis you should be looking at the Renegade with the 4-lock system - that tail attachment system is really, really good...

Guessing because of the weight, not that they’re heavy for a pow ski but the OP said 7ish lbs which limits choices a bit.

[Beder]

The 120 bent chetler is a very fun ski and extremely light. Hard to beat the weight/fun/capability ratio.

mine arrived weighing 1930 and 1970 gms. I sent them back

[WWCD]

Not sure why this hasnt been mentioned yet, but... if youre into fully rockered skis you should be looking at the Renegade with the 4-lock system - that tail attachment system is really, really good...

How do these flat/reverse camber skis do on less than ideal skin tracks?

I really like the look of these (or maybe Hojis) but I’m not small, have a garbage kick turn, and am generally a junk show on “technical” skin tracks.

But I like the downhill, so I’ve got that going for me.

[Lord Thomas]

How do these flat/reverse camber skis do on less than ideal skin tracks?

I really like the look of these (or maybe Hojis) but I’m not small, have a garbage kick turn, and am generally a junk show on “technical” skin tracks.

But I like the downhill, so I’ve got that going for me.

I've been using BMT 109's with Colltex mix skins as a touring DD for a few years now and haven't had any special difficulties on a variety of skin tracks. However, I try to skin "well". Work on your technique, both skinning and kick turns, and you'll be fine. Technique is free. You could just pick up an extra pair of nylon skins for those "technical" tracks. Maybe it's just me but I think people spend way too much time speculating about rev. camber skis on the skin track rather than just trying them and finding out everything is ok. Less talk, more turns I say.