What makes a good touring ski?

-justice-

-justice-

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I've recently come into a pair of Baron's and am looking to get into touring in the backcountry. At the moment I have a pair of 185 Chopsticks mounted with Jesters, and am considering getting Quiver Killer mounts so that I can swap out the Barons and Jesters. Another option is to put Quiver Killers in my 181 Jeronimo's.

I'd rather tour on the Chopsticks but I'm wondering if the Chopsticks are too big and/or too rockered (flat camber, lots of tip and tail rocker) to be a good choice for touring. Can anyone with touring experience give me advice on whether or not I ought to be looking at a different pair of skis for touring?
 
1st. GET EDUCATED BEFORE YOU GO INTO THE BC, it is dangerous and does kill people. Avy 1 is a great place to start

2nd, IMO it is worth it to drag whatever ski up that you will have the most fun on skiing down. The downsides to bigger rockered skis is weight and less skin contact with snow on the way up, i don't know what the chopstick's rocker is like, but unless they are super reverse cambered you should be fine almost all the time.

Does anyone know if you can mount QK inserts into already drilled holes?

i'm guessing yes because the qk's are bigger, but insight/experience would be nice
 
Very important. You don't want to die, now do you?

That being said, I personally tour on Sir Francis Bacons, and although they are pretty heavy (With dukes, that doesn't help a lot either), I absolutely love them on the way down. Definitely worth it.
 
They work pretty much like heli coils, if they were drilled properly a redrill should work. It is better to go fresh though.
 
totally depends on what kinda touring you have in mind, 1h excursions can easily be done on fat rockered planks as long as the terain isnt too technical/steep
if you seriously think about touring whole days you're better off with a lighter setup....
otherwise the QK's would be a good alternative, i'd personally just swap the jesters and put em on the jmos and mount the barons on the chops and leave it that way, but mounting with qks is always a good idea imho, as long as the holes don't come to close next to the other set ...
 
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