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Help me choose a new waxless backcountry ski

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13 years 11 months ago - 13 years 11 months ago #204102 by mtnbbud
Howdy and thanks ahead of time.  I've been using older Fischer Outtabounds skis for multi-day ski tours to lookouts, snow camping, etc.  My skis are beginning to separate at the bases so it's time to start looking at a replacement.  I would prefer a waxless ski since most of my time will be spent touring, but with a little bit of downhill included.

Some skis I saw at the ski shop closest to my town were:
Madshus Annum MGV Omni Skis
Fischer Skis S-Bound 112 Skis
Rossignol BC 125 Positrack Skis
Salomon X-ADV 89 Grip Skis


Any advise or opinions?  I plan on using my three pin Voile cable bindings with my Scarpa T4 boots.

Thanks.

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13 years 11 months ago #204114 by pin!head
Voile Vector BC!

I've got a couple of days on them now and I'm really impressed. Skied them at the ski hill in recycled bootdeep and they excelled in every type of turn and held their own on the hardpack too.!!!!!!!!

Rave Review!

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13 years 11 months ago #204118 by David_Britton
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I went from the same fischer's to the rossi bc 125. The rossi skis like a powder ski, handling deep snow, and soft deep corn nicely. It is not very good on groomers. Believe it or not, not as good as the fischer, which if you really stomped on it, would hold pretty well under foot. The rossi is plenty light, and I found climbs steeps much better than the fischer with skins on due to the greater surface area underfoot. I also got the rossi's new last summer off REI.com for $199. Can't beat that!

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13 years 11 months ago #204121 by Unnamed user
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The Madshus ski is a rebranded version of the Karhu Guide. A great, versatile ski. Not too wide, not too narrow at 78 mm underfoot. It loves soft snow but also does well on logging road type trips.

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13 years 11 months ago #204122 by Andrew Carey
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I replaced my Outtabounds with Karhu Guides (Madshus Annums); the Guides climb much, much better (I've used them 32 days on logging roads, climbing up to 3,000 vf and RTs of 12 miles) and even though I got 195 cm (vs 190 on the Ou), they turn better than the Outtabounds. I haven't tried the others.

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13 years 11 months ago #204125 by Schenk
I will second the vote for the Vector BC!!!! I have a pair of Karhu Guides too, which I also love, but the Vector is the go to ski when there is pow, corn, or mank.
The Guides (Annum) ski well also but are not as wide and don't handle the variable snow as well. They do OK on harder snows though, and seem to glide just a little bit better than my Vectors...


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