Gear Profile: Salomon

Salomon skis have been a staple in our rental fleet for years.   For years Salomon crushed it with their X-Scream category and we still get customers requesting that ski!  Our most popular Salomon ski these days is the Salomon Tornado.  This ski is a great ski for the guy who wants to predominately wants to ski the groomers at Aspen/Snowmass.  The 166 Tornado has a radius of 15.6 so it is a pretty quick turning ski.  With a sheet of titanium in the ski it is stable and holds an edge well at speed.  A new ski for Salomon this year is the Enduro and our customers have been loving that ski this season.  The Salomon rep told me they built this ski to compete with the Volkl Mantra and they really did a great job with this.  The Enduro is a stiff all mountain carving machine.  This ski is 83 mm under foot in the 170 so it has a little beef for off-piste skiing but also carves easily and is extremely stable.  A little rocker in the tip helps this ski charge through the crud.  If you are looking for a great all mountain twin the Lord is going to be a great option.  The Lord is 86 mm under foot with rocker in the tip to make a great all mountain ski.  We have had customers skiing this on the groomed runs on Elk Camp and skiing it in the Bowl at Highlands.  The final mens Salomon ski we offer is the Shogun.  If you have snow like we had this weekend this is the ski you want to be on.  We have an employee who skis this as an everyday ski but it really shines on a powder day.  At 101mm under foot with 300mm of rocker in the tip this ski floats through pow like you woulnd’t believe!  This ski truely makes an intermediate skier feel like a hero on a powder day or lets the expert ski more aggressively than he/she thought they would be able to.  This year we brought on the Origins Opal for the ladies.  The Opal skis as good as it looks and the ladies have been loving this ski this season.  A big sidecut makes the Opal very easy to turn as is evident by the 12 degree turn radius in the 152cm.   Head to our reservations page and reserve some Salomon skis for your next trip to Aspen/Snowmass!