Get ready to carve up the slopes with our exclusive ski selection, meticulously chosen to meet the diverse needs of every skier, from the casual enthusiast to the die-hard powder hound.
In partnership with Ski Exchange, and drawing on our own on-snow ski test where our team put around 100 pairs through their paces over several days of piste, powder, slush and moguls, here are our favourite skis for the 2026/27 season, broken down by the type of skiing you actually do.
Best All-Mountain Skis
All-mountain skis need to do a bit of everything: hold an edge on the piste, stay calm in crud, and still float when the powder shows up. These were our testers’ standout picks this season.
Nordica Enforcer 94 – A ski several of our testers already own personally, and one that kept impressing even against this year’s newest releases. Confident on piste, capable in moguls, and composed in crud – a genuine do-it-all ski.
Blizzard Anomaly 94 – Similar wood core and twin-titanal construction to the Enforcer but slightly lighter, which our testers found made it feel a touch livelier from turn to turn without giving up any stability.
Rossignol Arcade 94 – The most accessible ski in this category. It starts at 80mm underfoot for those who want to ease in, but the 94 tested here still carves cleanly and handles powder with a soft, rockered tip that makes it forgiving for good intermediates stepping up.
Best On-Piste and Carving Skis
If groomed runs are where you spend most of your time, these are the skis our testers reached for.
Rossignol Forza Master 70 – Rossignol’s most advanced piste ski short of a full race ski, with a titanal sheet running the full length and a torsion-boosting v-shaped cut, built on an environmentally-friendlier wood core.
Fischer The Curv Noize – Fischer’s silk-infused dampening technology sounds like a gimmick until you ski it: the result is a genuinely smooth, quiet ride on hardpack without losing edge grip.
Dynastar Speed 550 – Our pick for anyone building confidence on piste. Testers described it as an easy, accessible carver that doesn’t demand race-level technique to feel rewarding.
Best Freeride and Powder Skis
Tested in genuine knee-to-thigh-deep powder days, these were the skis our team didn’t want to hand back.
Rossignol Sender Soul 102 – A proper freeride ski that our testers found endlessly adjustable – long fast turns, short swing turns, pressure forward or back – without ever feeling like it ran out of ideas in deep snow.
Black Diamond Impulse 104 (Women’s) – Big underfoot but light and easy to swing thanks to rocker at the tip and tail, our female testers rated this as one of the most versatile freeride skis of the week.
Armada Stranger 100 – Built with a park-to-all-mountain background, testers were surprised by how playfully it handled the whole mountain, gripping cleanly on piste while staying floaty in powder.
Salomon QST 100 – A long-running favourite among our own test team, several of whom own older versions personally. Reliable, well-rounded, and equally happy on piste or in the white stuff.
You can see the full individual reviews behind these picks, plus hundreds more, on the InTheSnow YouTube channel.
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