Elan Ibex 84 Carbon XLT Ski

So I had the Ibex Carbon 84 XLT comped to me by an Elan rep after a shop mounting disaster for a different pair of ski-mountaineering oriented skis. My experience thus far has been fairly in line with the description outline above. This skis flexes out pretty soft. When first performing a hand-flex test when I recieved it, I was quite worried. But the Ibex Carbon XLT has proven to be a reliable soft-snow performer. They can carve and slarve with ease in any new snow, corn and fresh groomers. They have a good pop to them and love to make snappy turns. They seem to have strong torsional rigidity despite a softer vertical flex pattern, and under foot lies some sort of additional plate configuration which I imagine is for mounting purposes but also adds a bit of mass along the primary effective edge. Like most lightweight skis, they have a speed limit and require balance and good forward lean to keep the tips down at speed. This all makes making turns *fun*. I keep these skis sharp and use them primarily for touring our local resort for pre-work fitness laps. They excel here. Tip and tail attachment points for skins are a nice bonus and aid here as well. The Ibex isn't a ski I take for too many springtime missions due to its lacking firm/poor-snow performance, but it accompanies me on a good number of my tours given that I tour the resort at least once a week. It also finds itself on a number of my early season missions, where soft snow awaits in limited quantities and a dry ingress means they might spend some time on my back. Even still, I have taken them on a number of longer tours (even an alpine cabin trip last season) where all sorts of conditions were thrown at them and they handled just fine. Pick up the Ibex (it's also listed at a great price here) if this sounds like the ski for you.

I'm looking at skiing the Sierra High Route April maybe early May. I have a few options for new skis. I was considering Elan Ibex 84 Carbon XLT Ski, but would like your opinion. I'm 5'11 and 184 lbs. My gear has a 10lbs base weight.

I'm looking for a relatively soft-flexing, easy going mountaineering ski to replace my Hagan Ultra 82s, which are too stiff and unforgiving for my mediocre ability level. I don't ski super steeps, just want something light that is friendlier on the downhill. Happy to give up some edge grip for easier turning.

I'm looking at the Ibex 84 Carbon XLT along with the Voile Objective, BD Cirque 84, and Black Crows Ova Freebird. The sale price of last year's Ibex 84 is particularly appealing, what do the experts recommend?