Excellent Touring Ski!!

By Stephen Koch Ranked #36 - Telemark Skis and Alpine Touring Skis July 29, 2011

These skis helped me tour like a bat out of hell due to their fantasticly low weight for the width. Dynafit really nailed it with the tip on this ski too. It raises up well while breaking trail, which saves energy and time and equals more turns or down in time for a nap after the beers! This is the ski I chose to bring for an expedition to the Wrangle-Saint Elias range in AK, where I was limited to one pair of skis. As a light weight all around ski the Manaslu has no equal. It handled powder, wind blown and breakable well. Sure, a heavier, fatter ski would always be nice on the way down, but you have to get up and the getting up on heavy skis sucks! So the compromise in stability in variable conditions is worth the weight savings on the way up. And these skis ride like bigger boards than they are with a very nice rise in the tip.

Bottom line: Excellent touring ski that skis bigger than it is and is a pleasure on both the up and the down!

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