When 4FRNT built the VCT Alpine Ski, they built it to cross the bridge between backcountry touring and big-mountain freestyle boards—and they succeeded. The raised tail on Vincent Dorion's pro model ski is squared-off, so attaching touring skins is much easier, and 4FRNT added a fourth length option in this ski to divide the VCT line evenly between more maneuverable tour flex and big-mountain stiffness. Both light and heavy riders can find a match for any terrain—the 182cm and 189cm models are burly planks for the big lines and steep, open bowls of the West, while the 168cm and 175cm lengths are dialed for all-around backcountry and sub-treeline powder skiing anywhere. East-Coasters that are used to narrow trails and tight trees can pick up a shorter VCT and enjoy a maneuverable, bombproof ski that grips on Vermont's notorious frozen granular but still floats in hidden fluff stashes. The sweet graphics on the VCT are the work of fellow 4FRNT team skier and French Canadian, Charles Bedard.
Bottom Line: Thanks to the 4FRNT VCT, the backcountry will never be the same.
I love this ski....Im 5'10, 170lbs and the 189 was an awesome length. I was debating on getting either the 182 or 189, but decided on the 189 due to bigger demensions(108 waist). I ski these skis everywhere, groomers, pow, crud, trees, park. They handle everything really well.
I demoed the 189 (or older 190?) last year and liked the way it skied so much I'm on a 182 this year and it has proven to be a really good ski. I wouldn't consider it as one ski quiver material, but this ski does really great in crud and powder. Although it carves smoothly on groomers, I don't care to ski a 104mm under foot ski on groomers. There's much better setups for ripping groomers. This is a light, quick, and stable ski that I find works very well equally in tight tree's and when charging on open lines...powder or crud. Should have mounted an AT setup on them...
Not much more i can say that Matthew Tabrys didn't say. I have Dynafit TLT Vertical FT 12 Bindings mounted on them and could't be happier so far. Beta- Day 1: @ Mt Snow with about a foot of fresh on top of boiler plate, good float and pretty good edge when it was needed. Day 2&3 @ Jay: the second day there was between 18-23 inches reported and had a blast on these things. Days 4&5 @ Iceface NY ( im sure those who know don't need the mts real name). It does not get any worse than this, 43 F and raining on top of blue ice in a lot of spots. I was still able to at least grab enough of an edge to stay in control. Day 4 was 32 F so everything froze over again covered buy sugary manmade ( I really hate the east at times). As miserable as it was these skis still held up the challenge. Bottom line is this is a pretty damm good ski that can handle the sh#t here on the east coast and then shine out west. See you guys out there in Feb :-)
