Ski: 2024-2025 Atomic Backland 108 W, 176 cm
Available Lengths: 158, 167, 176 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length (straight-tape pull): 174.5 cm
Blister’s Measured Weight per Ski: 1442 & 1514 grams
Stated Dimensions: 133.5-109-122.5 mm
Blister’s Measured Dimensions: 133-108.5-122 mm
Stated Sidecut Radius (176 cm): 17.5 meters
Measured Tip & Tail Splay (ski decambered): 71 mm / 28 mm
Measured Traditional Camber Underfoot: 6.5 mm
Core Materials: poplar/karuba + ash binding reinforcement + fiberglass laminate
Base: sintered
Factory Recommended Mount Point: -6.5 cm from center; 80.8 cm from tail
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What Atomic says about the Backland 108 W
“Built for spirited big mountain ski touring, the new women’s Backland 108 W offers sensational float and greater touring efficiency in a light weight, lower-impact design. FreeTour Profile uses more wood, and less fiberglass and resin to create a harmonious flex pattern that delivers powerful skiing performance. A poplar and caruba Ultra Light Woodcore provides the ideal balance of low weight and optimal stiffness while a three-dimensional HRZN 3D tip adds more surface area for improved float in deeper snow. Powder Rocker delivers prominent tip and tail rocker with camber underfoot for effortless, playful handling in deep powder, crud, and chop. A reinterpretation of the original Backland construction, this ski uses more wood and less fiberglass, metal, and resin to reduce material-based CO2 equivalent emissions by 26% (compared with the Backland 100, 2022). It’s this perfect blend of sturdiness and light weight that makes the Backland 108 W the ski of choice for freeride ski tourers like Amie Engerbretson.”
For more info, check out our writeup on Atomic’s big announcement about all their new 24/25 skis.
Flex Pattern
Here’s how we’d characterize the flex pattern of the Backland 108 W:
Tips: 5.5
Shovels: 6-7
In Front of Toe Piece: 7.5-9
Underfoot: 9.5
Behind the Heel Piece: 9.5-9
Tails: 8.5-7
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