Ski: 2024-2025 WNDR Alpine Nocturne 88, 184 cm
Available Lengths: 166, 172, 178, 184 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length (straight-tape pull): 183.5 cm
Blister’s Measured Weight per Ski (184 cm): 1667 & 1683 grams
Stated Dimensions: 117-88-108 mm
Blister’s Measured Dimensions: 117-88.5-108 mm
Stated Sidecut Radius (184 cm): 20.5 meters
Measured Tip & Tail Splay (ski decambered): 48.5 mm / 16.5 mm
Measured Traditional Camber Underfoot: 6.5 mm
Core Materials: aspen + algal-PU stringers + algal-PU sidewalls + “Spiral Plate” binding reinforcement + fiberglass laminate
Base Material: sintered
Factory Recommended Mount Point: -7.8 cm from center / 83.9 cm from tail
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What WNDR Alpine says about the Nocturne 88
“Methodical | Enduring | Tenacious
The Nocturne’s minimal weight allows you to go the distance, but features slightly rockered tails and a more progressive mount point than a typical mountaineering ski, enabling a freeride-focused approach to technical terrain. The aluminum tail block shape easily penetrates stubborn snowpacks on a techy skin track or when you’re setting up a ski anchor. Aided by our stability-enhancing Algal Core and Algal Wall, these attributes enable balanced hop turns and swift descents from the highest places. Invoke your nocturnal self. Embrace the dark start.”
More About the Nocturne 88:
To learn more about the backstory of this ski and how it slots into WNDR’s lineup, check out our video with WNDR Alpine founder, Matt Sterbenz, from Blister Summit 2023:
Flex Pattern
Here’s how we’d characterize the flex pattern of the Nocturne 88:
Tips: 6.5
Shovels: 7-8
In Front of Toe Piece: 8.5-10
Underfoot: 10
Behind the Heel Piece: 10-9
Tails: 8.5-6.5
