Comments on: Mount Sopris Wind and Our Dynafit Manaslu Ski Review

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:43:30 +0000

Joel, I use the Manaslu 178 because the actual running surface on those skis is way shorter than the specified length. Sounds like that would be your length as well. The 7S is going to be much better on hard or firm corn, the Manaslu in my opinion is a powder and crud ski, I don’t prefer them on hardpack. And thanks for the props!

By: JoelVB

JoelVB — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:33:32 +0000

Hey Lou — freakin’ love this site.

I’m a 5′10″, 185lb tele skier. The playground is the Sierra Nevada, so plenty o’ crud. while I grew up an east coast alpine skier, I’m venturing into AT for the first time and the manaslu seems like a winner.

I’ll be skiing the zzero 3 C boots and most likely vertical ST’s. What length would you recommend? And in terms of all-around versatility, how does it compare to the se7en summits?

Thanks man, and here’s to the upcoming corn season!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:49:28 +0000

Cannot figure out the Manaslu on hardpack, 5 degrees or 50 degrees, hoping (and certain!) its pilot error. Not getting rid of my FR 10’s yet. By the way Lou, how have you, and others, prepped your Manaslu’s e.g. detuning, base bevel etc.? Thanks.

By: Lou

Lou — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:31:53 +0000

While I like the Manaslu, it is not particularly strong on hardpack. If you want something for steep hard snow, I’d look to another ski. Consider the Dynafit Stoke as well as the Coomback. But of course even those skis are wide all-conditions boards that might still not be ideal for steep hard conditions. Sounds like you need to get out and demo some stuff.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:39:15 +0000

I am researching buying a lighter weight ski-binding set up and want to know if the manaslu is the right ski for me.

I live in Chamonix and have been ski touring with a very heavey set up of kingswood fats with marker dukes. Over the last few years i have done lot of ski touring and steep sking and now want something lighter. I am definatly going to mount dynafit TLT Verticle FT 12’s but am not decided on which ski to go for.

The choice is between the k2 coomback and the manaslu. I need a light ski but also one which is capable of 55 degrees on hard snow, visit my blog to see the sort of use i would put them to. Does any one have any information on how the manaslu’s preform in these conditions? Are they capable of this or should i just stick with the heavier coomback’s?

Any advice or information would be great thanks.