SCOTT Superguide 95 Ski

I absolutely love everything about these skis: 10/10.

The Scott Superguide 95 is the most powerful variable snow skis I've had the pleasure of skiing within this weight class. I weighed these at 1492g and 1478g in a 178cm. I assume its insane power at this weight is due to the beech and/or aramid along with an actual full length sidewall and longer effective edge. The tip has the best, most abrupt rise I've seen to stay well above chunky snow while maintaining large amount of surface contact: it's a traditional camber ski not an early rise rocker situation aka "the banana" profile (something like a Dynafit Free 97 also a fantastic ski but that's besides the point.)

If you live in the PNW (see "cascade concrete") the Scott Superguide 95 is as light a ski as you should ever go with combined with about the best materials build at said weight that you can possibly have. If you go with a 100% paulownia core/full carbon/1250g toothpick it's because you're simply pursuing an objective & survival skiing (which is great, I have one of these,) but turn your brain off for a second and just try a ~1500g ski (that's also not just built with paulownia & carbon) and you'll realize this ski still gets you to the top of St. Helens and you'll have to think hard about whether there was actually any increased effort, but with a MUCH more enjoyable downhill experience.

Skiers: keep in mind that these are powerful, precision (read: more edge contact, longer turn radius, stable on variable snow) skis so they won't be very forgiving for skiers still dialing in their pivoty, slarvy turns on steeps (which is easier with "banana" ski profiles of tail rocker/camber/early rise rocker.) That being said with its intentionally longer turn radius it's easier to disengage from your *current* turn making the *next* turn easier to enter and with good technique you can just slarve down mogul fields with this dude for this reason (yes, this is a great 50/50 resort/touring ski it's wild a ski this light can be stable in heinous resort conditions which is great because people pretend the backcountry isn't absurdly heinous... it is... often.)

Repetition because it's a counterintuitive, underdiscussed fact: longer turn radii (21m in this case) give the skier more freedom to define their turn shape whereas a shorter radius (15m/16m) makes the release into the next turn more difficult.

Anyways, epic ski wish more backcountry skis were like it.

Can't praise enough your valuable experience through self testing, so one more question....
Torn between those bad boys and dynastar m-tour 99. Looking to complement my arsenal with an all-arounder since I own a sub 90s and 100olus.
Most reviews give an advantage over the dynas for more of a smooth operator and Scotts for better hold . I do need both actually, as everyone does!
Walk on either maestrales or Scorpius depending on distance.
I m medium build 5'10" with good physical condition venturing all over the place from East to West and all between.

Hi there,
how do you compare these with the Blizzard Zero G 95? Are they stiffer? thank you!

Looking for a starting point for my wife looking for a touring ski. She is 5'2" and a strong intermediate/advanced skier. The ski will be used as a 50/50 resort, uphill travel ski/backcountry ski; likely 80/20 with uphill travel being the most frequent use. We live in the Pacific Northwest, avoid bumps like the plaque, love ripping groomers when there isn't new snow or "chopped" up new snow. She'd error on the side of downhill performance over perseverating on weight. Thoughts on what ski to look at?

As a former NCAA racer and a bigger guy (6', 220 lbs.) it can be hard to find a ski that's stiff enough to make the downhill enjoyable without adding a ton of weight ont he uphill. Scott has broken though for me with the Superguides. These skis have plenty of downhill juice without a lot of extra weight. I live in Vermont and have skied these in conditions ranging from deep powder to groomers to firm crusty snow. I'm continually amazed by their performance. If you want a long turn shape, these probably aren't the perfect ski, although they certainly could wear that hat as well. But if you want a stiff, technical ski without a ton of weight for all sorts of conditions, the Superguides are worth a hard look.

For what it's worth, I normally spend a few weeks a year skiing in Chamonix and these are the perfect ski high mountain terrain where you need serious trust in your gear.

I paired with the Atomic Backland Pure bindings for a very tour-able setup. Great combination for uphill and downhill performance.