The Best All-Mountain Skis of 2026

Many ski makers like to tout all-mountain planks as “perfect” for any conditions, but the apparent reality is that shape, materials, and construction always present trade-offs. Brands get better every year at creating more versatile skis, but all-rounders will always make compromises. The reimagined Atomic Maverick 96 CTI ($750) — formerly Maverick 95 Ti — threads this needle better than any ski that tester Justin Park put miles on this past winter.

It’s a fairly stiff, directional charger with a powder-plowing shovel that outperforms its waist width in soft snow but retains enough traditional shape to be a competent frontside carver. Park’s first powder day with the Maverick 96 CTi was a revelation, considering he usually opts for much fatter boards when things get deep. The Mavs had no problem planing across the top of a fresh 6 inches, and he thanks the softened 130 mm HRZN Tech 3D shovels, which have plenty of tip rocker and a shape designed to float, but the fairly shallow camber lets them surf. When Park left the untouched goods for chopped-up soft snow, the stiff tails let him blast through the crud.

The Maverick 96s transition easily to frontside trails as well. The relatively flat tails, traditional shape, and rearward mounting point lend themselves to classic carving style. The soft tips can wobble a bit when leaning into hardpack, but that’s an expected trade-off for the oversized shovels you need in the soft stuff.

While they might not be a fit if you want to spin off everything, they hold an edge well thanks to layers of carbon and titanal that stiffen up the ski without making it as heavy as beefier dedicated carving skis.

Topped off with bindings, the K2 Blur 79 ($750) is a narrower frontside ski featured in our Best Beginner Skis Guide — but they’re plenty fun and capable for budget-conscious and progressing skiers. This design is especially good for riders looking for something narrower and carving-focused. The Blurs are traditionally shaped and constructed but have a forgiving, consistent flex that makes it natural to flow from turn to turn. They also come with integrated QuikClik bindings, which save on the purchase price and mounting costs.

The Blurs make it easy to improve in the basics of edging, body position, and the dozens of other things that go into proper carving technique. They actually were a ton of fun for ski tester Justin Park. Even as an expert skier, they don’t require a ton of skill, strength, or experience to ski well. If you’re a heavier, hard-charging skier, you’ll find their speed limit, but the relatively soft tip and tail make them a fun ski for any ability.

The personality of the ski comes from the build, which starts with a softer aspen wood core paired with an H-shaped sheet of titanal metal that prioritizes stiffness underfoot and along the edges, which is key for stable carving on edge. The shape is fairly traditional, with a long effective edge and gradual, shallow rocker in the tip and tail, which helps keep the ski glued down under the force of your turns.

Despite the inclusion of some metal for stiffness, the Blur 79s are refreshingly lightweight thanks to the use of aspen, which makes them easier to swing around. Over the course of a full ski day, that lighter weight also lets skiers conserve energy and stay out longer. Park skied them in a wide range of conditions, including icy bumps and refrozen chunder, and the softness helped smooth out the ride where stiffer skis would’ve beaten him up.

Not surprisingly, the biggest shortcoming of these skis is their performance in deep snow. The wider tips and tails help a little, but you can’t stay afloat in more than a couple of inches of softer snow. Park skied the Blur 79s in a few inches of fresh snow and had a blast, but you’ll want to look at any of the 100 mm+ skis in this guide if you prioritize pow days.

Blizzard built a serious reputation on serious, directional skis that demand powerful input. This traditional approach satisfied diehard fans, but the brand’s sponsored athletes pushed for something more adaptable to modern, creative freeride skiing, resulting in the new Canvas line. The all-mountain headliner, the Blizzard Canvas 100 ($800), is a radical departure from race-minded skis like the retired Bonafide or newer Anomaly line. It is built with surprisingly little metal, is lightweight (even the wider 118 option is under 2000 grams), and features artist-designed graphics. This ski represents Blizzard finally figuring out what new-school, all-mountain skiers want.

The Canvas 100 is Blizzard leaning hard into the freestyle-meets-all-mountain category, prioritizing creativity — jibbing, slashing, and pivoting — over trench-digging precision. Despite its freestyle DNA and moderate rocker lines, this twin-tip ski retains some classic Blizzard characteristics, most notably a surprisingly strong and damp platform underfoot. This partial titanal layer and stiffer midsection are where the Blizzard DNA shines, lending stability in skied-out junk at speed, which differentiates it from softer alternatives like the Bent 100.

The Canvas 100 carved better than previous iterations in ski tester Justin Park’s five days between the PNW and high-alpine Colorado ski resorts, and held an edge better than expected for a lightweight twin tip thanks to its traditional camber pocket. While it’s not a frontside carving ski and prefers a smeared entry over a locked-in arc, it has plenty of composure for casual groomer use. In tight spaces, the lower swing weight and centered mount point make it quick, agile, and much more forgiving than older, heavy Blizzard designs. Unlike most of the brand’s traditional offerings, you can ski the Canvas 100 from a neutral stance without being punished.

At 100mm underfoot, it’s not a deep-day specialist, but it punches above its width, offering decent float and encouraging a playful style — happy to slash, surf, and make quick pivots. For freestyle, the ski delivers enough tail rocker and symmetry to ski switch comfortably. It is noticeably stiffer than some competitors such as Atomic’s Bent series, especially underfoot and through the tail, providing the added support that big mountain, high-speed freeride skiers will appreciate.

The Canvas moves further into freestyle territory than the directional Rustler 10, achieving a balanced feel without abandoning the brand’s core stability, making it an accessible, fun, and composed all-mountain ski.

Introducing the Rossignol Soul 102 ($800), a directional-yet-avuncular ski that is equally comfortable cruising mellow blues as it is crushing steep chalk. Rossignol simplified their lineup this year into two legible halves: the twinned, freestyle-oriented Sender on one side, and the fall-line focused Soul on the other.

This ski shares a name, and a bit of heritage, with its iconic older brother, the Soul 7, but the similarities end there. Unlike that floaty-yet-floppy ski, the Soul 102 is built with a sturdy backbone, complete with titanal and rubber damping from their Sender Pro series, creating lots of torsional rigidity to quiet nervousness when skiing fast or through rough snow conditions. This additional beef makes for a plush ride, especially off-piste, that belies the Soul 102’s average-to-low fighting weight. 

And here’s where things get interesting. All of the above might lead a reader to assume that this is a bruising charger, made only for experts. But that lower weight — and especially the low swing weight produced by the Air Tip — makes the Soul 102 perfectly amenable to lower-speed skiing for intermediates, found expert ski tester Jake Stern on test days at Mammoth Mountain and Kirkwood Mountain Resort. 

In fact, the high ceiling and speed limit, combined with the surprisingly low floor in terms of accessibility, make this one of the best skis Stern has come across for progression. Intermediates can get on this ski, build their skills, and not worry about outgrowing it. That’s a huge win when dropping money on a big-ticket item like a pair of skis. 

In a market dominated by jack of all trades, masters of none, the Soul 102 is about as wel- rounded as you can get. It’s not a deep snow specialist, or an ice machine, but it can take you from the top to the bottom of any mountain on Earth and leave you smiling.

Read Review: Powder-Hungry Daily Driver: Nordica Unleashed 114 Skis Review

If you think 114 millimeters underfoot is too wide to be an all-mountain ski, the Nordica Unleashed 114 ($900) might change your mind. Yes, the width makes them less than ideal for hard snow carving, but if you mostly ski out West and chase soft snow above all else, these damp, wide chargers might be the only ski you need.

This lighter, more playful freestyle ski still retains Nordica’s trademark stability. Whether on high alpine chopped-up pow or saucy spring slush near the base, the Unleashed blasted through anything in its path.

Per Nordica’s pedigree, there’s plenty of metal in the Unleashed, but they’re slightly softened compared to the popular Enforcer line, and the tip and tail rocker helps with float and quick turns in trees. Still, the relative stiffness compared to other lightweight powder boards allows you to blast through crud and chop when the fresh inevitably funnels you into the runout.

But put it on softer snow, as we did after one of Mammoth’s few powder days this year, and it really shines. We especially enjoyed its quickness edge to edge while dropping through Mammoth’s expert terrain.

For the width, 2,160 g is reasonably light, and we found the Nordica Unleashed 114s surprisingly nimble and able to throw the skis side to side quickly when needed. Partly, this is due to the rocker that releases tails easily, but the recommended mount point is slightly more centered than traditional frontside skis, which reduces tip swing weight.

Despite being a little centered, the skis didn’t feel short and had no problem staying afloat in double-digit deep light pow. The Unleashed absolutely roared in fields of fresh with no speed limit, planing confidently and giving back energy in every turn.

While this ski was instantly intuitive for our expert skiers, the Unleashed might overpower more novice skiers. Whether charging across pow fields or blasting through crud, the Unleashed requires good powder-skiing technique to perform, and there are more forgiving skis for learning soft snow skills, such as the wider options in the Atomic Bent lineup.

The Unleashed also comes in 98 mm and 108 mm widths, but we loved the extra width for mashing over diverse off-piste snow types. Moving to the 108 could be a good compromise if you spend a decent number of your runs on the frontside, but want to retain the playfulness of the Unleashed over the rigidity of other models.

The Unleashed is a perfect ski for aggressive big mountain-style skiers, but the softer, lighter tips and easy-release tails are also more forgiving for more intermediate or casual skiers who don’t want to have to drive as hard into every turn. Strong soft-snow skiers won’t find much to gripe about, however. The Unleashed 114 are quick enough for agile tree and bump skiing, but burly enough for charging over and through chop and crud to get to the next pow stash.

The narrowest ski in Salomon’s QST lineup is a surprisingly versatile frontside/freeride hybrid that will please many skiers: the Salomon QST 94 ($750). Experts can push the ski hard, but it’s got enough friendly, consistent flex for advanced beginners and intermediates. 

Salomon has tweaked around the edges of the QST skis for almost a decade, and the QST 94 is a new ski for 2025, but it’s not a wild departure from the QST 92 that preceded it. In addition to gaining 2 mm underfoot, Salomon brought in the “Cork Damplifier” tip that the rest of the QSTs already had and swapped in a basalt layer for the previous carbon and flax layer.

While we’re sure these details impact the ski’s character, we found the highlight to be their predictability and energy, which tester Just Park chalks up to the fact that, at its literal core, this is a pretty traditional wood and fiberglass build. Like most skis, the QST 94s are stiffest underfoot thanks to a titanal plate, but the flex stays pretty consistent until the very tip where the cork cap makes the ski lighter and floppier by design. 

The squarish tail has less rocker and is part of a pretty traditional build, considering the QST line’s freeride lineage. The mounting point is a throwback at almost 10 inches back of center, which won’t work for freestyle/park skiers. But Park felt like the 94s skied much more centered than the specs would suggest, and were easy to pivot in the 180 cm length Park has tested.

The most fun we had on the QST 94s was on groomers and light frontside crud, where we had no problem blasting through a variety of snow types at speeds over 50 mph. Our expectation was that the moderately soft flex wouldn’t hold up in chunder, but as long as the snow wasn’t too hard, the QST 94s could carve a variety of turn shapes almost anywhere without requiring the laser focus and force of a dedicated carving ski. 

Off-piste, the width and flex make them underpowered for deep pow, but they’re plenty capable almost anywhere. We personally would pick the QST 106 (there’s also a 100 mm option) if we were skiing a lot of soft snow because wider holds up better blasting through chopped pow and junk. However, it’s much less fun on softer frontside snow, which is where the QST 94s really shine.

Ah, the Bent Chetler. Well, in the case of the 110 mm underfoot version, it’s just the “Bent” but the Atomic Bent 110 ($750). Either way, this is one amazingly fun ski. We had to fight the urge to give this the “best overall” title. But in all fairness, it’s not the overall “best” ski. But it darned sure might be the most fun.

Do you love to hit bumps or rollers with abandon? Do you like to pop out the tails and “surf” any little piles of snow you come across? Then the Bent is aimed squarely at you. And if you like to do it while carrying a lot of speed, this ski should be squarely in your crosshairs.

We tested the 180 cm model, 110 mm underfoot. While this isn’t the largest Bent Chetler (the 120 mm version is venerable among powder hounds), it’s still a lot of ski. And we found we got the most out of it when we let it run fast but with loose input.

The Bent 110 has a light wood core. At just under 8 pounds per pair, the Bent Chetler is remarkably light for its size and design. And the lack of carbon or metal in the core allows it to flex fairly easily. As a result, we found the Bent pops over and around choppy snow more than through it. This underscores this ski’s primary goal as “Fun” with a capital F.

Can “fun” be a downside? Well, maybe. If you charge hard and want a really locked-in ski, the Bent Chetler is not a good choice. Sure, it carves well, but for those who mostly want to charge the fall line, a ski with a stiffer, metal design will provide more power and control.

But that’s not for everyone. One of our testers, for instance, is pretty light (150 pounds), and while he considers himself a powerful skier, he loves to goof off with his planks. The Bent Chetler is an accomplice for goofy side missions.

It wants to find the little powder stashes and send them flying into the air. And it has enough backbone to find the couloirs and keep us upright even when we get in the back seat after an off-balance drop. Expert-level skiers looking for a fun-forward ski that can handle everything from powder to packed snow should look hard at the Bent 110.

Fischer stripped away the traditional marketing jargon — and pretty much the entire spec sheet — to build a mystery freeride plank. The goal? To make the discovery of a ski even more personal and fun. Coming in at roughly 112mm underfoot with a deep rocker profile, the Fischer Nothing ($900) blurs the line between a surfy powder tool and an agile, high-speed freeride twin.

Field-tested through waist-deep Vail powder by ski expert Bergen Tjossem, the Nothings handled variable snow through the glades and skied-out resort chop. He determined that the combination of wide shovels, generous tip and tail rocker, and intuitive flex made it feel second-nature to slash sideways, drive over wind-buffed snow, and launch off side hits. Tjossem never liked the design made him feel unseated or out of control.

Despite its forgiving, swervy personality, the Nothing hides a surprising amount of backbone beneath its top sheet. A subtle camber pocket underfoot and a damp core provide the midsection support required to stomp landings, charge open bowls, and track securely through variable snow when you decide to lay off the brakes. It isn’t a hardpack carving tool — rail it on ice, and it will remind you quickly of its soft-snow pedigree — and it won’t satisfy skiers who rely on rigid, metal-laminated directional rails.

For intermediate-to-advanced freeriders who prioritize intuitive handling, playful float, and creative terrain usage over rigid frontside precision, Fischer’s unbranded experiment — the Nothing — proves that throwing out the rulebook can lead to a superior day on the mountain. Our team approves.

It’s exciting to see ambitious, high-end, athlete-driven products like the Rossignol Sender Free 100 ($700) — a staple of the Freeride World Tour — trickle down into the recreational market. That ski was a weapon for big mountain skiing in deep snow, but what about taking that attitude to your local ski hill during low tide? That’s the big idea behind the littler Sender Free 100: Taking the “make the mountain your playground” attitude for mountains smaller than the Bec des Rosses.

The Sender Free 100 delivers on that promise, letting you make the most of quotidian conditions wherever you like to ski. This poppy, playful ski specializes in switch skiing, popping off anything and everything, while providing enough of a landing platform to get you into some trouble (and a substantial tail to get you out of it!)

Less playful skiers or those unused to skiing a near-center-mounted ski will need some time to adjust their stances. When skiing the Sender Free 100 at the recommended mount, you have much less shovel in front of you than on skis like the Rossignol Soul 102. That makes it easy to overdrive the skis if you’re used to pressuring your boots. However, when skied with an upright stance, you can still carve as hard and fast as you want thanks to the full sidewall construction. 

If swooping, drifting, pressing, and popping sounds like your kind of skiing, and you’re used to skiing upright with a centered stance — but you’re not ready to give up carving hard and fast — the Sender Free 100 might be right up your alley. 

The Moment Deathwish 104 ($849) width places it squarely in the crowded all-mountain category, but its unique Triple Camber construction and on-snow personality are anything but generic. Built in Reno by Moment, this ski has boutique brand craftsmanship despite coming from the nation’s largest domestic ski manufacturer. 

The Deathwish 104 pairs a full-length poplar/beech wood core with a carbon and fiberglass laminate for high torsional rigidity and energetic rebound. Add in ABS sidewalls and beefy 2.2mm edges, and you get a ski built for durability and precision. And if you’ve never seen Moment skis, they have standout, graphic novel-grade graphics that every…single…person in the lift line will comment on.

Specs are right in the sweet spot for a freestyle-oriented one-ski quiver: 132-104-124mm dimensions, a loose 22 m radius (184 cm), and weight around 2000 g per ski. The defining feature, though, is Moment’s Triple Camber profile — rocker in the tip and tail paired with two micro-camber zones — which gives the ski a unique mix of edge hold and loose, pivoty behavior.

On snow, the Deathwish 104 thrived in the mixed Western conditions where our tester rode it for a dozen ski days around Colorado in soft chop, trees, and bouncing between groomers and high alpine. It’s playful, quick, and while not a precise carver on hardpack, it’s plenty fun making wide arcs on fresh corduroy and spring slush. The Deathwish 104 is a stable, centered freestyle ski that prefers a playful approach to really come alive, but has enough stability to go fast, setting it apart from floppier all-mountain freestyle options such as Armada’s ARV 100. 

Tester Justin Park mounted his pair a centimeter back from the recommended -6 cm point for a slightly more directional setup, but the skis still felt centered and quick to pivot and slash. The 6’0” 190-pound tester felt he was between lengths with the 184cm skis he tested feeling quick but occasionally a touch short. The 190 cm model would likely sacrifice agility, but allow for more high-speed, big mountain lines and be less demanding in terms of body position to perform well.

Where the all-rounder Deathwish 104 falls short is at the extremes. With all that rocker, it’s obviously going to be disappointing if you’re a technical carver favoring frontside groomers, and while it floats well for a 104mm ski, it’s not a dedicated powder tool, either. If you prioritize pow and live somewhere you get it often, pick up the Deathwish 112. Skiers who prefer a familiar, directional ride may find the centered stance and Triple Camber a bit confusing at first, especially in variable snow where we found edge engagement less than predictable. Our tester said that after the first few ski days that he settled into a more centered, crouched stance that made the Deathwish 104 feel much more intuitive and trustworthy.

Bottom line: The Deathwish 104 is best suited for advanced to expert freestyle-oriented skiers who want a lively, stable all-mountain ski that rewards input. If you ski dynamically at speed — slashing, popping, and weaving — it’s one of the best options in its class.

Read Review: Smear Butter on Big Terrain: Scott SEA 108

Western skiers have the luxury of skiing mostly soft snow conditions throughout the season. Where tester Justin Park lives in the Colorado Rockies, high elevation keeps snow cold and soft between storms and if you chase soft snow all season like he does, we recommend a fatter all-mountain ski between 100 and 110 underfoot. You could go even fatter if you live in a powder-magnet area like the Wasatch. The Scott SEA 108 ($800) is a perfect all-mountain ski for the Intermountain West, where you regularly ski powder and chopped-up soft snow. 

Justin Park tested dozens of skis this past winter, and the SEA (Skiing Everywhere Anytime) 108s were the boards he was most excited to reach for. If Park was grabbing the SEA 108s, that meant there was soft snow to be skied hard and fast. These skis hold firm on hard snow, but its width, relatively shallow camber, and shape limit pure carving — though they aren’t designed for that purpose.

The SEA 108s are a freeride ski designed for smashing soft snow at speed. They’ve got a fairly centered recommended mount point, but not as extreme as the park-oriented Armada ARV 100s. We found the factory mount gave them the agility of a slightly centered stance while leaving enough nose to stay afloat in deeper snow. The 139 mm tips are shovels and much softer than the rest of the ski, but the tails and the effective edge section of the ski are fairly stiff thanks to titanal inserts that pair with the softer poplar wood core. 

This build is at its absolute best when charging through mixed soft snow. Hitting tracked lines underneath lifts showed off the SEA 108’s strengths, and we couldn’t find an upper speed limit. Even snow-covered moguls were no match for them, and we learned to open up the skis anytime we could see more than 50 yards ahead, knowing they could blast through whatever we found. In steeper terrain, we needed to use jump turns to keep the stiff tails from pushing us forward, but on landings and charging across fields of softer snow, we were glad for the support of this build.

Park skied the SEA 108s in several late-season storms and felt that they skied much fatter than the 108 mm underfoot. He tested them in the 184 cm length and, with the more centered stance, was worried they might sink in blower pow. While they were definitely at its best in shallower snow totals, even in as much as 10 inches of powder, Park had no issues staying afloat as long as he stayed balanced over the skis. That said, he’s curious to try the 116 cm width version of the SEA, and he’s sure they’re an even better tool for deep days since the construction remains the same throughout the lineup, which includes four different width options.

If you’re a larger skier, consider going for a longer-than-normal length (there’s a 192 cm option of the SEA 108), but Park is 6’0″ tall and 200 pounds and felt that the 184 cm length was plenty for most scenarios and kept the skis quick-turning.

Read Review: Quiver of One for Soft Snow: Elan Ripstick 102 Black Edition Review

Lots of skis claim to be a quiver of one, but the truth of those statements will depend on where and how you ski. If you like playful, freestyle skiing in soft snow, the new Elan Ripstick 102 Black Edition ($1,100) might actually be the only ski you need.

Elan skips out on metal plates here, opting for carbon in various forms along with a wood core. This combination gives you a softer ski overall that’s just plain fun as long as you keep your speeds somewhat in check. 

This Ripstick lineup has an asymmetrical construction dubbed “Amphibio Carbon Line Technology,” which means there are left and right skis, and you’d rather not mix them up, though the differences are fairly subtle. 

The inside edges get a carbon weave meant to add rigidity when you’re carving, and for a fairly light ski (1,830 g at 180 cm) for the width, the Ripsticks deliver. The soft, wide rockered shovels can get floppy at speed in crud, but they love to go on edge and carve shockingly well for 106 mm skis as long as you keep them below their speed limit.

Their playfulness really comes out in mixed conditions. The Ripstick 102 Blacks use their width and plushness to turn chopped up pow, crud, and roughed-up groomers into a playground. Refrozen, hard chop isn’t as forgiving, but few skis can make those conditions pleasurable.

Because of their light weight and ease to ski in a variety of conditions, the Ripstick 102 Blacks are a perfect all-mountain ski for intermediates. The carving capability means skiers can grow into the ski with better technique without feeling overpowered and it’ll please expert skiers who want a fun ride as well.

Taking a crown of versatility, the Völkl M7 Mantra ($930) is an incredible ski. Now, the Mantra exceeds its predecessor with tailored carbon tips that increase responsiveness, handling, precise response, and torsional rigidity.

Also new, the integrated Titanal is adapted to each model’s length and proportions, bumping up stability and improving the control, as well as slimming weight. The model also is the first to have the new 4 Radius Drive design — an advancement of the 3D Radius Sidecut — to max out versatility for variable snow, increase stability on solid surfaces, and improve performance on soft snow. We’re stoked.

While carving lines down Upper and Lower International at Crested Butte, the ski held an edge very well when carving. It would also skid turns or slarve around as requested. After just a few turns on snow, we were grinning.

Our big takeaway? For most skiers and conditions, well, it’s one of the most versatile skis on the market.

These skis are quick, with the unique and improved 4 Radius Drive that allows the ski to turn at different rates depending on how hard you lean into it. This ski will arc long lines at high speed, but happily snip between moguls and trees with grace.

If you’re looking for a reasonably light ski that can handle everything on the mountain other than full-on ice, the M7 Mantra is our best recommendation. Quick edge-to-edge and highly capable in a wide range of conditions, the M7 is our top pick.

Most all-mountain skis try to do everything and end up being jacks of all trades, masters of none. Not the Armada ARV 100 ($750), a slightly wider version of a classic twin-tip freestyle ski at home in the terrain park and fun most everywhere else. Given the modest width and softer flex, it lacks in powder, but it’s an excellent frontside all-rounder, especially if you prioritize the terrain park.

Tester Justin Park doesn’t ski park like he used to, so he wasn’t a first fan of the ARV 100s. Having gotten used to skiing more directionally and generally pretty hard and fast, he was frustrated with the softer flex and very centered mount point, making them feel short. But once Park zeroed in on the strengths of the ski, they were a blast. The soft (6 out of 10 as Armada claims) flex is consistent throughout the poplar wood core (there’s also an ash insert underfoot for binding retention). It’s hard to explain why, but this consistency helps ease landings and encourages flexing into the skis for spins, smears, and butters.

If you follow the skis’ lead, you’ll naturally find yourself slowing down and exploring the trail, looking for places to jump, hop, and spin, and generally being more creative in your skiing. If you’re a dedicated park skier only, 100 mm underfoot might feel a bit wide, but freestyle-oriented skiers who like to explore everywhere can use these skis comfortably outside the park. They’re quick in the trees, forgiving in bumps, and surprisingly fun to carve as long as the groomers aren’t too hard or scraped off.

In deeper, softer snow, the ARV 100s have some limitations. The soft flex, modest rocker, and relatively narrow 124mm tips shortened by the mount point all conspire to make it tough to stay afloat when things get deep. Park took the ARV 100s out on a 10-inch day in the high alpine and, while still having fun, found himself wishing for something built for the task. In mixed soft snow conditions, they struggle to support if you take rough terrain at speed, but are still fun if you slow things down.