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Heritage Labs BC90 Review

By

Gavin Hess

BC90 South teton

A committing place for first turns on a new ski.

  Heritage Labs may be a new name for many readers of the High Route, and rightfully so, as it is one of the newest ski companies I can think of. The brainchild of Marshal Olson, Heritage Labs aims to fill the various niches abandoned over the years in favor of more mainstream, homogenous ski…

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  1. Travis

    Love hearing about these unique skis. Thanks for including resort uphilling insights. Side note, I would love an overview of the merits of different skis for the purpose of resort touring. Not everyone wants/needs a Skimo ski. There’s also a lot of variety out there. Movement has its Race Pro series in wider widths and longer lengths and there are skis hovering around 80mm in width that are over a kilo. Not like I can go out and demo them either. So I find myself scrounging for deals, making educated guesses, and it’s time consuming.

    1. Gavin Hess

      That’s a great idea Travis. I’m not sure I am a top authority on the subject, as I’m not a regular resort uphiller. I’ll do some thinking/asking around to see if we can come up with some good info on the subject.

    2. Jason Albert

      Hey Travis. This is not an overview. It is high praise for the Black Crow’s Mentis as a resort uphill ski. I use it 90% of the time when “uphilling.” It’s not too heavy, and has the perfect amount of stiffness throughout to make it so fun and secure on groomers. I ski it in a 178, which, for me, seems perfect for making long radius higher speed turns. The ski has great bite on ice, and functions well in deeper snow up to say 6″—It’s not a powder board at 80mm underfoot. I’ve used this ski on multi-day traverses as well…high praise. And going on three seasons of abuse, the ski has held up. I think you are PNW based. If you find yourself in Bend and your BSL works (I’m a 27.5 in most boots but the bindings are mounted on plates so I have some latitude to accommodate other boots), let me know…take them for a spin.

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