SKI TEST 2021
TEST CENTRE: MOUNT WASHINGTON
For the second year in a row, we ran the Ski Canada Test at Mount Washington on Vancouver Island. Technical Editor Ryan Stuart collected new skis from more than a dozen brands and, with the help of 20 testers, put them through their paces in early March. These are not new colours or new lengths. We reserved our test to brand-new skis and full redesigns launching this fall.
The resort is well set up for ski testing. Our team of instructors, weekend warriors, retailers, ski patrol and ex-racers could slide right onto the Eagle Express for top-to-bottom laps that included everything: tracked-up powder, steeps, groomers, hardpack, moguls and trees. Read the results throughout the Buyer’s Guide.
EDITORS’ CHOICE
Ski Canada has been testing skis longer than any magazine in North America. The beauty of modern ski design is that none of the skis we tested this year was a total failure. Just as clearly, not one was a unanimous favourite. But a few models did stand out. Look for a badge highlighting these Editors’ Choice skis throughout the guide.
FREERIDE
- Elan Ripstick * Editors’ Choice*
- Faction Agent 3.0
- Faction Prodigy 2.0X * women *
- Instinct Transcend * women*
- Nordica Santa Anna * women*
- Rossignol BlackOps Rallybird *Editors’ Choice* women*
- Rossignol BlackOps Sender Ti * Editors’ Choice*
- Völkl Blaze 106 *Editors’ Choice*
ALL-MOUNTAIN
- DPS Pagoda Piste 90 RP
- Dynastar M-Pro 90 * Editors’ Choice
- Elan Wildcat 86 CX * women
- Nordica Enforcer 94
- Salomon Stance 88 * women
- Salomon Stance 96 *Editors’ Choice*
GROOMERS
- Fischer RC4 CT * Editors’ Choice
- Head Power Joy * women
- Head Supershape E-Rally
- K2 Disruption 82 Ti * Editors’ Choice
- K2 Disruption MTI Alliance * women * Editors’ Choice
- Renoun Atlas
POWDER
- Atomic Backland * Editors’ Choice
- Blizzard Zero G
- Fischer Hannibal 106 * Editors’ Choice
- Instinct Seeker * Editors’ Choice
- Kindred Rambler
- Line Pandora 94 * women
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