K2 Wayback 96 (2017)

The K2 WayBack 96 toes the line with a 96mm waist and a lightweight paulownia-maple core built for the uphill. This ski makes all those earned turns well worth the squeeze. A carbon web stretched across its fore body and tail add torsional rigidity, and fully-removable skin grommets paired with K2’s Z-Clip skin attachment set this stick up for some seriously fun ski-mo trail-breaking. Blending a sidewall construction underfoot with full-cap construction in the extremities, the WayBack 96 is our touring top dog.