After tons of noodling around and trying different things I have finally arrived at my perfect 2-ski quiver: A Kailas with Dynafits, and a Coomba with Dukes.
The Coomba would be the "powder ski," you refer to, but I definitely use it for more than that. It's light, but way more stable than I ever thought it would be on groomers and rough crud. That said, I'm a lightweight. The Coomba was awesome last Sunday afternoon in wind-blasted, warm snow at Alpy, which was the test I'd been waiting to see happen before giving the full thumbs up. Great pow ski, good everything else ski. Definitely light enough to tour on.
Kailas has a similar flex, which, considering that it's foam core, is praiseworthy. It's certainly very good in pow (nice fat tip), but is too skinny to be called a powder ski. Kailas does everything very well and is cheap. A fantastic touring ski.
