Salomon Rockette - 2015

The new Rockette uses a twin rocker shape for maximum float in the powder, it matches this up to light weight honeycomb tip and tail for easy redirection.

The light, rockered tip and tail really help make the Rockette easy to use on steeper terrain and tricky situations; it spins on a dime and can make quick direction changes and adjustments to the turn in an instant. This makes it perfect for ripping around in the trees and through variable terrain. Because of its width underfoot it still retains good stability yet still manages to feel surprisingly quick edge to edge in shorter turns. Again, like many of the women’s specific big mountain skis we struggled to get a long enough length to test, and this hampered high speed long turns, but overall this is a great backcountry ski.