Designed to propel advanced adventure skiers further into the backcountry, the VERTICAL PRO Womens touring ski is a lightweight, carbon-enhanced women's touring specialist ski.
The innovative, lightweight construction combines light PU tip with a paulownia wood core and carbon reinforcements for lightweight agility on long ascents. Early Rise tip rocker eases tracking on the climb and enhances turn initiation and maneuverability on the descent.
Features
PAULOWNIA WOOD CORE: Core with a density of 300 g/m3, reducing the ski's weight by an average of 15 to 20% in comparison to a poplar core. Offering similar mechanical properties, it is an essential choice for Touring/Free Touring.
SINTERED HD BASE: SINTERED HD BASE offers great glide for all ski conditions.
Ski Geometry
Sidecut: 114mm Tip - 82mm Waist - 101mm Tail
Turn Radius: 18m (162cm)
Weight (per ski): 2.2kg (162cm)
Ski Specification
Core: Paulownia Wood Core with Carbon Fiber
Sidewalls: Semi-cap sandwich sidewall construction
Base: Race quality sintered base
Bindings: No
IMPORTANT: Buying Skis From The Skiers Lounge
When you buy skis from The Skiers Lounge we always QC check them, and wax them properly with a ski waxing iron before dispatch. This is because the wax on nearly all brands of skis is for transit protection, and most often applied as it rolls over a waxing brush and into cellophane packaging. We do not charge for this because we believe all new skis should have a good wax before first use.
When buying skis with bindings we will require the following information. Please add this information in the Special Requests box at the checkout, as without this information we wont be able to progress your order to the workshop for correct binding setup:
Buying a pair of skis doesn't need to be a daunting experience. Let us help to guide you through the process...
When buying a pair of skis, there are a few simple pieces of information that will help you to find your perfect match. With the introduction of carving skis and new technology, ski length is based more on the user’s weight than the tradition of using your height. Combine this with your ski level and your aspirations and this will help narrow your choice very quickly.
Choosing The Right Skis...
STEP 1
Firstly choose your current skiing level from the list below:
1 - Never skied before
2 - I can stop with a snowplough
3 - I am doing snowplough turns, and the odd blue run
4 - I am starting to parallel ski and onto blue runs
5 - I am venturing onto reds, and starting to make step turns
6 - I am getting confident on reds, and maybe doing the odd black
7 - I am comfortable skiing most black runs
8 - I am confortable on ice, and venturing off-piste
9 - I am skiing off-piste aggresively, and carving across all pistes
10 - I am a professional experienced ski instructor or racer
Here at The Skiers Lounge we then brake this down into 5 groups:
- NOVICE (Level 1 to 4)
- INTERMEDIATE (Level 4-6)
- ADVANCED (Level 6-8)
- PROFESSIONAL (10)
STEP 2Now you know your skier level, you can decide where you will mainly be using your new skis:
- Groomed Piste Runs
- All snow conditions (From ice to slush)
- All mountain skiing conditions (piste and off-piste)
- Off-piste skiing (powder)
- Ski touring
These 2 pieces of information will now quickly allow you to build a short list of skis to look at as potential new skis which will be perfect for you.
SKI LENGTH
For selecting the correct ski length, we take your ability, weight and where you will use the skis, and can calculate an approximate length:
FINAL CALCULATION - For
NOVICE skiers, this is your recommended length. For
INTERMEDIATE and
ADVANCED skiers we recommend adding 5cm to the above measurement, and for
EXPERT and
PROFESSIONAL skiers you would normally add 10cm to the above length
WHAT IS SKI ROCKER? Ski rocker is the biggest change in ski design since carving skis. A FULL rocker ski has the tip and the tail up in the air, much like you are standing in the centre of a banana:
These will be amazing in powder for float, but not as agile on piste. So designers combine rocker with traditional CAMBER to to produce skis that are more versatile depending on their intended use. Here is an example of 20% rocker or "tip rocker":
So as the tip (and sometimes tail) are not in contact with the snow, the effective side edge of the ski is shorter. The ski will still carve well, but this is the reason that we recommend using skis in this style a little longer. You won’t lose any control but you do gain more float when the snow is softer or in powder.