Dynastar

M-Tour 99 Ski - 2024

Bravo, Dynastar. Bravo

Familiarity:

I've put it through the wringer

It can be hard for a dedicated touring ski to give you the same joy and pleasure as a true alpine ski. I thought skiing a 122 waisted Nocta in Japan would be the peak for me. I was wrong. Getting these sticks on the top of a line in true corn...magic. I've enjoyed these on Colorado pow days, Colorado crud, and high peak skiing in variable conditions and this ski handled it all. It's light, so you heavy snow folks, idk, I got nothing for ya. If you're in the rockies, enjoy.

This ski is amazing

Does everything well, especially for the weight. Top sheet could be a little tougher but the bases take rocks well and no serious damage after two seasons of use. I think these skis are not given enough attention for how good they are. Ski these at a 186, I find them to be stable at speed, hold an edge well, and can make short turns in tight spots very easily.

Great blend between uphill and downhill performance

Got the M Tour 99 in 2021/22 ski season as a much-needed replacement in my quiver. As far as I can tell it looks like the same ski as the 2022/23 version just different graphic, I put a pair of Market Duke PT 12 on the ski, I know some of you just cringed reading that, but I’m 6’3 210 lb of American Cheddar and I like to ski hard. Touring – This ski is a pleasure to climb with, it’s a very balanced ascend. Light enough to save the legs on long climbs. The effective edge is fairly long which is great for stability on switch backs across hard/ice sections. The even profile and fuller tail makes breaking trail after a big storm very manageable. The only negative is after a season of use and abuse, the top sheet is fairly scratched up. Just a cosmetic detail, not really a big deal to me. Skiing – I was surprised how well this ski handled crud and variable snowpack. As many of you know, day out in the backcountry can change from ideal to not great pretty quick. I was happy to have M tour 99 under my feet through the most of it. Doesn’t get as knocked around as other touring skis I have been on which is a huge plus. Surprisingly stiff for a touring ski as well, love that. On more ideal snow conditions this ski is a lot of fun. Corn snow is a blast, easy to open it up, or keep it tight through pinch points. Easy to control and reliable when turning up the volume on speed. In powder its fun, hard to have a bad time in powder though, so no surprise here. Chopped up soft stuff is also great, easy to hop, pop and bounce through, very even and predicable flex. If you take it resort side, very groomer capable, this ski has a preference towards GS turns inbounds. That being said, any good skier will be able to arc however you wish. Overall – Yeah, I would recommend. It’s a great blend between uphill and downhill performance. Afterall, we climb all that way to have fun on the way down.

The best touring ski I ever had

I bought the skis last year, and it was immediately my favorite Allrounder. Only for mixed tours with climbing I use a shorter ski. This weekend I went ski touring, but due to lack of snow, I went down a ski pist. I was amazed how well they ski on hard/icy pists as well.