searching for a freeridetour ski

[caldy]

searching for a freeride touring ski
i'm 174cm 80kg sportive freeridetourer drops until 5m. should be god in various snow and on the piste.
i'm intressted in these skis:
atomic access 181cm
atomic charter 176cm
line prophet 98 179cm
salomon shogun 182cm

binding fritschi fr pro or marker f12???

open for all kind of inputs

have someone expirience with these skis and binding
thank you and greets caldy

[knut]

Hi caldy and welcome to the forum.

Skis are always a tricky issue, especially, if there's no additional infos on the rider's preferences. The sole physical data don't help to let you choose between one or the other ski, as they're all fulfilling the minimal requirements. So tell us a little more about how you ski, how your typical ski day/tour looks like, what your focus is on (up- downhill performance, easily turnable, stable at speed etc..)

regarding the bindings: again a question of preferences. the choice of the two says: the up is at least equally important than the down. Then, they're not bad. The Marker raised some questions on durability for not too lightweight riders, while the fritschi has the known disadvantages in stack height and (slightly) softer force transmission. You'll have to decide, what's better for you. If your boot setup allows it (and the up is really quite important for you), a dynafit-compartible tech binding concept might also be nice.