best all mountain ski i've owned - until they broke

By Brian G. Sweeney Ranked #42 - Telemark Skis and Alpine Touring Skis April 30, 2009

I got these and mounted a pair of marker duke AT bindings. i got these for skiing the white mountains back country and a bit of in bounds skiing as well. they are fully capable of plowing through all of the shenanigan snowpack we have in tuckerman ravine at half decent speed. having said that, they are plenty forgiving - the tips absorb most of the sloppy conditions we've had recently. on the other hand i'm able to lay 'em over almost as hard as i do my fischer gs ski without the tails fishing out on me. i haven't skiied them in powder yet so i cant comment on that, but i imagine they get the job done. they ski tight bumps just fine, and can really rip on hardpack. basically it does everything i would want it to do.UPDATE:They broke. I have no idea how this happened, but I was riding the lift one day and my friend pointed out that one of the skis was bent - sure enough i now have one rockered ski. The camber is totally gone from one ski. Again I have no idea how this happened - it may be from me beating the hell out of them but it's been less than one year since i purchased them. I skied them less than 20 days. They were great until now - one ski doesnt really make contact with the ground throughout the entire tip portion of the ski. Bummer. Not so great for east coast hard pack. I was asking around and a lot of friends mentioned the K2s have a problem with de-lamination after a certain amount of abuse so it may be the case that some internal part the sandwich is just sheered apart...

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