
“I never over-flexed them and was able to easily stay centered before I got to open the throttle a bit. Trail cred “I got myself into a couloir that required about 50 feet of downclimbing and sloughing before it opened up and I was glad to have the Helio Recons,” one tester says. Reality check: If long tours and mountaineering missions are your thing, find a lighter ski. We appreciated the damper ride on tours in Rocky Mountain National Park and the Banff backcountry, where sun- and wind-affected snow were the norm.

For basically no additional weight, the rubber absorbs a lot of the vibration at higher speeds. The result is a much more durable, stable, traditional freeride-oriented backcountry ski. The details Black Diamond adds its usual special sauce to the core: a rubber layer. 134-108-119 Lengths (cm) 165, 175, 185 Radius (m) 22 Level Advanced Weight: 1,800g per ski Based on the successful Helio line, the Helio Recon series features a slightly heavier pre-preg fiberglass laminate instead of carbon. “It’s the ski I want when I’m faced with a tight situation, on cruddy snow, or stuck on ice,” our tester says. The recipe makes the Helio Recon extremely predictable, stable, and affordable. Instead, it uses fiberglass, more like a conventional resort ski. A bit on the heavier side (compared to other skis here), it has a poplar wood core and no carbon.
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