Playful charger touring skis

Our Chairman might be worth looking into. 189 cm, 112 mm underfoot and they weigh in at 2 kg per ski with a full carbon layup. They also just went on sale.

http://kfskis.com/products/chairman

Here is Heffy riding the chairman for reference.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/761043/Heff-cruizin-Snowbird
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Yeah, and in the slightly narrower bracket, the KF All Mountain is pretty damn perfect for me as a touring weight ski that doesn't ski like one, I wrote this review on Blister (shameless promotion) http://blistergearreview.com/gear-reviews/kitten-factory-all-mountain

I'll probably be on those for 90% of my touring through August.

cydwhitYeah, and in the slightly narrower bracket, the KF All Mountain is pretty damn perfect for me as a touring weight ski that doesn't ski like one, I wrote this review on Blister (shameless promotion) http://blistergearreview.com/gear-reviews/kitten-factory-all-mountain

I'll probably be on those for 90% of my touring through August.

Yeah I read your review a few days ago and they seem like a super fun ski! The only thing that didn't appeal to me was you said they didn't have enough float for high speed arcing turns in more open terrain and here in Alaska I do a lot of that.

KittenFactoryHere is Heffy riding the chairman for reference.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/761043/Heff-cruizin-Snowbird


Those seem sweet! I'll be considering those for sure

JonnyKYeah I read your review a few days ago and they seem like a super fun ski! The only thing that didn't appeal to me was you said they didn't have enough float for high speed arcing turns in more open terrain and here in Alaska I do a lot of that.

Yeah, so for that sort of touring ski the Chairman should be super awesome.

We should have a review up of that soonish, unfortunately New Mexico hasn't been getting any snow, so JE has been holding off on that one...

Sorry, didn't read your OP as well as I should have!

cydwhitYeah, so for that sort of touring ski the Chairman should be super awesome.

We should have a review up of that soonish, unfortunately New Mexico hasn't been getting any snow, so JE has been holding off on that one...

Sorry, didn't read your OP as well as I should have!

Sweet I'll be looking out for that!

Steeple.

Why not just put your KingPins on your J114?

Otherwise:
Steeple
Salomon MTN Lab (114) for the light weight crowd.

JonnyKYeah I read your review a few days ago and they seem like a super fun ski! The only thing that didn't appeal to me was you said they didn't have enough float for high speed arcing turns in more open terrain and here in Alaska I do a lot of that.

the all mountain is amazing man. skied on it everyday before my vishnus and will continue to do so

If you re really looking into serious backcountry touring (note: this excludes side/slackcountry touring/hiking) I wont recommend any skis with a waist wider than 105mm.

Scott Cascade 95 with a Kingping or something similar would be perfect. Nice tip and tail rocker, quiet light, perfect if you plan longer ascents. (4000 plus feet). Maybe the Cascade 110 if you wanna use the ski for mainly fluff!

Blackcrows Navis Freebird would be another pretty sweet option. 102 under foot but still light enough for serious touring. Ski was fun while demoing. It was possible for me to have some with them in the park too :D On G3 Ion 12 demos haha. Switch landings are possible :) Still not comparable to a Jeffrey.

I dont see why would tour on anything over 105mm. You ll have enough float with a 95-105 ski on most of the days as well plus zhey are lighter and more comfortable for touring as well.

I d recommend mount the Jeffrey with something like a Pivot 14/18 or STH2 13/16 for resort slashing, jibbing and having fun on the reaaallly deep days and a light setup for backcountry fun and serious touring.

fab02If you re really looking into serious backcountry touring (note: this excludes side/slackcountry touring/hiking) I wont recommend any skis with a waist wider than 105mm.

Scott Cascade 95 with a Kingping or something similar would be perfect. Nice tip and tail rocker, quiet light, perfect if you plan longer ascents. (4000 plus feet). Maybe the Cascade 110 if you wanna use the ski for mainly fluff!

Blackcrows Navis Freebird would be another pretty sweet option. 102 under foot but still light enough for serious touring. Ski was fun while demoing. It was possible for me to have some with them in the park too :D On G3 Ion 12 demos haha. Switch landings are possible :) Still not comparable to a Jeffrey.

I dont see why would tour on anything over 105mm. You ll have enough float with a 95-105 ski on most of the days as well plus zhey are lighter and more comfortable for touring as well.

I d recommend mount the Jeffrey with something like a Pivot 14/18 or STH2 13/16 for resort slashing, jibbing and having fun on the reaaallly deep days and a light setup for backcountry fun and serious touring.

Yeah I've thought about getting a narrower more serious touring ski but I'm not really touring to do week long trips or make daisy chains turns down open slopes. I'm touring to ski fast through deep powder and down steep lines . Almost all of my days touring will be single day trips with a fairly light pack so having Skis that are super light is less important to me than having Skis that ski well.

JonnyKYeah I've thought about getting a narrower more serious touring ski but I'm not really touring to do week long trips or make daisy chains turns down open slopes. I'm touring to ski fast through deep powder and down steep lines . Almost all of my days touring will be single day trips with a fairly light pack so having Skis that are super light is less important to me than having Skis that ski well.

CobraComander's suggestion of dropping your kingpins on the Jeffreys is not a bad idea at all. I'd be pretty hyped on that setup myself!

I disagree with the guy telling you that you should go way skinny, the All Mountain at 105mm underfoot works well for me on like 75% of touring days in the Tetons, but if I was in AK, or if I had a more aggressive style I can totally understand wanting something wider. It works well for me because I'm either skiing hippy pow or tighter couloirs most of the time, but for actually charging wide open bowls in waist deep pow, and for more mini golf / jumping off of stuff, it's hard to beat an inbounds ski that you like.

I had G3 IONs on my Shreditor 112's, and later on some Revision Subtractions, and honestly, they tour well enough that I didn't really mind the weight of those skis at all.

Get an inbounds ski that you like, and throw the kingpins on it if you're looking for something to ski just like you would in the resort.

Next winter I really want to build out a setup like that, something like Kartel 108's with kingpins and Mountain Explores....

JonnyKYeah I've thought about getting a narrower more serious touring ski but I'm not really touring to do week long trips or make daisy chains turns down open slopes. I'm touring to ski fast through deep powder and down steep lines . Almost all of my days touring will be single day trips with a fairly light pack so having Skis that are super light is less important to me than having Skis that ski well.

Yeah you re kinda right but light doesnt mean that a ski skis bad. Best example: Kitten Fact. Lazers are wayy lighter than Jeffrey 114. Does the KF Lazer skis really that much worse?. And the float with a ski around 100 +/-5 mm is totally enough for 80-90% of your days.

F.e. the Armada Declivity is pretty stiff due to metal in its construction means pretty stiff but still faiiirly light with around 1,9-2KGs/ski in 184cm. The Armada with your Kingping could be something for skiing even the gnarliest chutes (proper technique recommended :D) and still feel super safe.

Also wider skis are getting quiet annoying on windblown or crusty traverses/faces. If you just wanna do some Sidecountry touring up to 800 vert. meters/ 2,5k feet you can take wider stuff, but then I dont understand why you wanna take a Kingping and not a Guardian/Adrenalin/Tracker/Duke/Baron....

My 2 cents.