Blizzard Zero G 95 Alpine Touring Ski

If this were a dating app, Blizzard's Zero G 95 would write, "Looking for a partner that delights in long approaches and gaining vert, rejoices in weight savings, and sprints to the slope when conditions are at their most firm." Interested?

At a svelte weight of 1170g for a 171, the Zero G 95s are very light, making them ideal for all-mountain touring and firmer snow resort skiing. An ultra-lightweight paulownia wood core coupled with the updated iteration of Carbon Drive 3.0 technology serves up ideal efficiency on the skin track, especially if that tour extends beyond a couple miles. The savings in energy are palpable.

While dominating the uphill, these skis provide all the power you'll need for the descent, with carbon reinforcements underfoot buttressing binding retention and adding more torsional rigidity and stability. With all that carbon you may think that these sticks will feel a bit twitchy underfoot, but with a 95mm waist, they negate most of those worries.

If you're waking up early and headed to the resort for fitness laps or heading deep into the backcountry for some sweat equity, you can't do much better than these legends.