2025 Women's Mid 90mm All Mountain Ski Comparison
Up next for our women’s comparison guide, we bring you all-mountain skis in the mid 90 mm width range. This is a fun and highly useful category, with powerful on-piste performers, lightweight touring options, and soft-snow focused freeride skis. This is a highly appealing category for both SkiEssentials and the industry as a whole as it offers a various mix of skis with different shapes, materials, styles and applications. As we jump up in width, we see skis with more rocker, taper, and a touch more flair, venturing further into the realm of off-piste terrain and soft snow conditions. That said, we certainly don’t lack on-piste strengths and carving capabilities within this category, speaking to the overall versatility and draw to the mid 90 mm skis. We range from 92-98 mm here and have so many great options to choose from so enjoy!
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2025 Armada ARW 94 Skis
Overview:
A staple of the Armada freestyle series, the ARW 94 is a top-performing twin tip ski that is both playful and durable, with impressive all-mountain capabilities as well. Far from limited, this ski has become extremely well-rounded, allowing park enthusiasts to confidently explore bumps, trees, and soft snow zones. With poplar wood replacing the former caruba, the lightweight responsiveness is now matched with a stouter, more stable feel. The tried-and-true w3dgewall technology does a lot of the heavy lifting as far as durability, holding up to the demands of hard impacts both in and out of the park. A nearly symmetrical shape and mid-range turn radius allows for versatile turn shapes and styles. Transitioning with ease between off-trail terrain, on-trail carving and freestyle performance, the ARW 94 ski is much more than just a twin tip park ski.
Who it's For:
Freestyle enthusiasts who want a durable, versatile twin tip ski with all-mountain purposes.
Price: $649.95
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2025 Atomic Maven 93 C Skis
Overview:
We love an easy-going, approachable all-mountain ski and the Atomic Maven 93 C is just that. Boasting the properties of Carbon as the name suggests, this ski is full of energy and pop, making it a whole lot of fun wherever you take it. With the same great construction and shape as last year, the Maven 93 C strikes a nice balance between forgiveness, stability, and liveliness. Skiers of varying ability levels will reap the benefits of this lightweight but incredibly composed ski, from high-speed stability to energetic nimbleness. Atomic’s Omatic core, consisting of poplar wood and two fiberglass laminate, is reinforced with carbon backbone, which does a great job at stiffening the flex and preloading each turn with plentiful energy. Solid edge grip, easy to turn, and full of pop, the Maven 93 C is great for progressing intermediates up to advanced level skiers looking for a responsive, maneuverable all-mountain tool.
Who it's For:
Enthusiasts of energetic performance and predictability. Skiers who want an approachable all-mountain ski that is forgiving and fun.
Price: $699.95
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2025 Black Crows Camox Freebird Skis
Overview:
Sitting squarely in the touring category, the Black Crows Camox Freebird is the ultimate lightweight, highly efficient backcountry ski for versatile performance. Weight savings are always a key component when considering a touring ski, but it’s also crucial to factor in strength and stability for downhill performance. While it’s certainly no hard-charger, it does feature a quality build that is composed of carbon stringers and fiberglass laminates, greatly enhancing the paulownia wood core by adding stiffness and vibration dampening qualities. For additional strength and power underfoot, a titanal binding plate provides great edge grip for firmer conditions. The low swing weight combined with the freeride profile offers effortless maneuverability within tight terrain, making these skis ideal for backcountry areas. While these skis do offer versatility, they are more touring-specific and will not adhere to resort skiing as well.
Who it's For:
Touring enthusiasts looking for a lightweight, maneuverable, versatile backcountry ski.
Price: $849.95
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2025 Blizzard Zero G 95 Skis
Overview:
With the rise of backcountry skiing in the last couple of years, more and more brands are focusing on ways to accomplish the ideal touring ski. The Blizzard Zero G 95 is another great option within this category and thanks to its premium build and modern-day shape, this ski achieves an ideal strength-to-weight ratio. Impressively stiff for how light they are, the Zero G 95 has become an extremely popular ski in the world of touring and for good reason. With lightweight materials and innovative construction techniques, Blizzard is able to strike the perfect balance between uphill efficiency and downhill mastery. Paulownia wood is reinforced by Blizzard’s Carbon Drive Technology 3.0, which utilizes carbon in a 3-dimensional format, providing both longitudinal and torsional stiffness. Moderate camber underfoot delivers great edge grip for carving on firmer conditions, while the rocker in both the tip and tail offer flotation to the max. Overall, if you want a highly maneuverable yet capable touring ski, the Zero G 95 will not disappoint.
Who it's For:
Do-it-all skiers who value lightweight agility for uphill and dynamic performance on the downhill.
Price: $799.95
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2025 Blizzard Black Pearl 94 Skis
Overview:
A long-standing leader in the women’s all-mountain category, the Blizzard Black Pearl 94 has reigned supreme for many seasons now. With some exciting upgrades for the 2025 season, we get new construction and shape features while fully maintaining the undeniable appeal of this popular ski. This ski is loaded with well-rounded, versatile features that allow every skier that hops on it to dictate what type of skiing they want to do. Truly capable of it all, the Black Pearl 94 seamlessly transitions between groomers and off-piste terrain with confidence and ease. If you want to fully trust your skis and know regardless of the conditions, the performance will be predictable, and smooth-this is your ski. It’s impressive how damp and poised this ski is while at the same time, very responsive and energetic. It doesn’t do one thing incredibly well; rather, it does everything equally well. If you are in the advanced level arena and are not sure what ski to go with, this ski is the choice every time.
Who it's For:
Skilled skiers who want the best of all worlds. You want smooth, composed performance on groomers with just as much power and energy off-piste.
Price: $749.95
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2025 Blizzard Sheeva 9 Skis
Overview:
The Blizzard Sheeva line has recently taken the women’s all-mountain freeride scene by storm and we’re not seeing that end any time soon. With last year’s reinvention, the immense success of innovative technology and high-performance features kept the same recipe for the 2025 season. When it comes to energetic responsiveness and versatile all-mountain performance, the Sheeva 9 is truly tough to compete with. As the narrowest in the Sheeva family, the 96 mm waist width is combined with an extremely playful shape with significant early rocker and moderate splay in both the tip and tail. Effortless from edge to edge with exceptional grip, the energy that is derived from this ski is unbelievable. Hooking nicely into each turn, the overall build allows you to get on up edge with ease and playfully maneuver through different turn shapes and styles. An all-mountain machine with freeride characteristics, skiers who want lively performance with on-piste precision will never look back.
Who it's For:
Strong, well-faceted skiers who want precision, playfulness, and composure all in one. You like dynamic carving capabilities just as much as you like energetic nimbleness.
Price: $749.99
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2025 Dynastar M-Pro W 98 Skis
Overview:
Replacing the former E-Pro 99, the Dynastar M-Pro 98 is new for the 2025 season and while it fully maintains the high level of performance and power, we’re getting a slightly more approachable ski for this year. Known for delivering equal parts power and precision with forgiveness and float, the flexible forebody goes hand in hand with a relatively demanding tail. This has always left advanced to expert skiers in the target audience as it takes more work to command this ski that it would otherwise lead on. Receiving upgrades to the overall build, Dynastar switched up the use of metal here by shifting away from Rocket Frame laminate to H-shaped titanal laminate. This alteration has led to a more forgiving feel out of the tail, with easier mobility and release at the end of a turn. Still a high-performance build that packs quite the punch, it requires slightly less skier input which will inevitably widen the target audience. Advancing intermediates to expert skiers can access precision, power and stability in varying conditions and terrain.
Who it's For:
Skiers who want to take charge and ski with speed and fortitude. Those who want easy engagement in a turn with strong edge grip and quick feedback.
Price: $799.95
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2025 Elan Ripstick 94 Skis
Overview:
With some fresh new upgrades for the 2025 season, the Elan Ripstick 94 gains even more traction with enhancements to the performance features, construction elements, and shape. We have had a soft spot for this ski for some time now and the recent upgrades only solidified it even further. It’s truly hard to top the combination of energy, stability, and responsiveness that Elan achieved with this ski. A highly rewarding all-mountain tool, the Ripstick 94 maintains its versatile, high-performance nature while gaining additional power, poise and precision. By tweaking the application of carbon in the construction, Elan’s Carbon Deck Technology is now implemented, coinciding with the amphibio profile through thicker strips of caron along the inside edges. Dampness and feedback now through the roof, the Ripstick 94 has now reached a whole new level. With a slightly shorter turn radius and narrower tip shape, turn initiation and overall quickness is enhanced as well. A fantastic ski through and through, the 2025 model feels more refined and more precise than ever.
Who it's For:
Skiers who want energetic and easily rewarded performance. Those who want effortless carving capabilities with lively maneuverability.
Price: $699.99
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2025 Elan Ripstick 94 Black Edition W Skis
Overview:
Ripstick fans seeking a higher performance ceiling and greater degree of power will love the Ripstick 94 Black Edition skis. Embodying the highly appealing characteristics of the standard Ripstick but designed to meet the needs of stronger, more aggressive skiers, the Black Edition series exist in a league of their own. With added stiffness and even more carbon, the enhancements to the build translate into a stiffer flexing ski that offers greater rebound and significantly more powerful edge grip and stability. Offering an impressive level of energy and responsiveness, the top end performance allows the higher caliber skier the ability to push the limits as far as speed and power go. Strong but lightweight, this versatile option for all-mountain terrain and conditions is still easy to maneuver and does not punish you if you are not in full pilot mode. Rather, it delivers a nice balance of agility and strength so skiers can still access a playful side. While it requires more skier input, those who know how to bend a stiffer flexing ski will have a blast.
Who it's For:
Advanced to expert skiers who are looking for a step up from the Ripstick. Skiers who want to work harder to reap the benefits and dont want to surpass the performance ceiling.
Price: $799.99
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2025 Head Kore 97 W Skis
Overview:
The Head Kore 97 is one of those skis that leaves us scratching our heads. How could such a lightweight ski also be so stiff? While we may never understand, we certainly approve and despite the fresh graphics, the build, shape and top tier performance remain the same. Head truly mastered the approach to this ski, aiming to attract a somewhat specific audience, while achieving an incredibly astounding strength-to-weight ratio. Those who enjoy reactivity and precision in an accessible package will continue to choose the Kore 97. One of the wider skis in this category, its versatile shape and intuitive nature allow it to perform impressively well wherever you take it. Nimble and responsive through bumps, stable and precise on-piste-it's ability to adhere to the task at hand is incredible. Strong, skilled skiers will be able to get this ski up on an angle and really drive with power while lighter weight skiers will make more of a skidded turn. Regardless, the high-quality build featuring lightweight wood, carbon and graphene combined with an all-mountain freeride shape results in an incredible fun, responsive yet stiff ski.
Who it's For:
Powerful skiers who don’t want a hefty ski to maneuver around the mountain and prefer a lighter, more energetic ski that packs a lot of punch.
Price: $699.00
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2025 K2 Mindbender 96 C W Skis
Overview:
Fans of a stable yet playful feel for versatile all-mountain performance will love the overall character of the K2 Mindbender 96 C. The highly useful shape and freeride flair allow a variety of ability levels and skier types to access its strengths, making this ski one of the more approachable ones on this list. What we love so much about the Mindbender C series is the impressively composed yet energetic nature, thanks to the Carbon Spectral braiding. This construction approach uses a cross-hatched application of carbon stringers, allowing K2 to fine-tune the overall stiffness of the ski. With a tighter weave design incorporated in the back of the ski, the tail feels directional and precise. Looser in the front, the lateral weave encourages intuitive, effortless turn initiation. Nice and light, this ski effortlessly floats through soft snow while still offering strong stability and predictability. Nimble and fun-loving, this ski appeals to just about everyone.
Who it's For:
You don’t want to give it your all to be rewarded but still want a high-performance ceiling. You value an approachable, friendly ski over a demanding, powerful ski.
Price: $649.95
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2025 Nordica Santa Ana 97 Skis
Overview:
A fan favorite year after year, Nordica is shaking things up with the Santa Ana 97 for the 2025 season, aiming to achieve a more refined and balanced feel. The same great characteristics that have awarded this ski outstanding merit remain, keeping the Santa Ana 97 high up in the rankings for women’s high-performance all-mountain skis. The impressively sturdy build now features new technology in the form of a Pulse Core, which uses a rubberized polymer material underfoot. This additional construction element, combined with the Terrain Specific Metal, acts as a dampening layer and reduces vibrations that typically disrupt the overall smoothness. Balancing out the powerful build, the shape brings versatility and liveliness into the conversation. With added tail rocker, the locked in, driver-seat required feel from the previous model now feels more energetic and nimbler. While this ski is definitely one of the more powerful of the bunch, this year’s iteration widens the playing field and allows more access to the impressive performance.
Who it's For:
Strong skiers with an avid skillset who want a well-rounded, high-performance ski with power and grit. Those who want a wider-bodied all-mountain ski with reactivity and sturdiness.
Price: $799.99
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2025 Liberty Scope 94 W Skis
Overview:
Big changes for Liberty for the 2025 season, with all new skis plus a brand-new factory. Transitioning to European manufacturing, the main construction element in the majority of their skis will shift from bamboo to poplar. A minor but noticeable change, the new Scope 94 ski features a combination of poplar and ash, delivering an impressively light feel packed with energy. Along with a stiff phenolic plate underfoot, this freeride oriented twin tip skis gains a nice level of strength, inviting a bit of a directional feel to the overall feel. For such an agile ski, the edge grip and precision are quite amazing. With an intuitive sidecut and rocker profile, skiers can feel at ease making long and tight turns. Where this ski really shines though is in the bumps, with quick, responsive maneuverability. Progressing intermediates looking to gain confidence in off-piste terrain will value the well-balanced nature and stable yet nimble demeanor.
Who it's For:
Capable intermediates looking for a well-rounded ski that is friendly and easy to control for casual cruising and off-piste adventure.
Price: $699.99
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2025 Salomon Stance W 94 Skis
Overview:
The Salomon Stance W 94 is a true underdog, somehow getting overlooked by other skis within its realm. One of the most underrated skis in this category, this ski is a silent weapon loaded with strength and stability. Right up there with the Santa Ana or Secret, the Stance 94 has a quieter demeanor and is unassuming for one reason or another. Getting lost in the mix, Salomon made it a point to draw attention to this fantastic all-mountain ski last season and after a few slight alterations and some fresh graphics, this ski is finally get the attention it deserves. Salomon’s Twinframe 2 technology has a lot to do with the performance here, with milled out strips of metal replaced with a carbon/basalt blend, the forebody of the ski is easy to bend and flex while the rest of the ski feels firmly planted on the snow. Dropping in weight from the previous rendition, we get a powerful, grippy ski with a light, energetic feel. The versatile shape featuring all terrain rocker profile encourages longer, driftier turn shapes with enough width to float effortlessly without losing edge grip.
Who it's For:
Advanced to expert level skiers who want the power of metal without feeling like they’re not in control. Those who want a high-performance ceiling and knife-like precision.
Price: $749.95
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2025 Salomon QST Lumen 98 Skis
Overview:
A total crowd pleaser, the Salomon QST Lumen 98 is the ultimate all-mountain ski for skiers who value versatility, agility, and playfulness. Appealing to intermediates and advanced skiers alike, Salomon aimed to please just about every type of skier with this one. Falling right in the middle of this popular freeride series, the Lumen 98 features a user-friendly build with a fun-loving shape and accessible level of performance. Built with energy and responsiveness in mind, Salomon struck the perfect balance between strength and agility. A simple yet high-quality build featuring poplar wood and their signature C/FX blend, the stable foundation offers a nice light weight with pre-loaded energy built in. To counteract the dramatic taper and rocker profile, double sidewall technology is incorporated, providing exceptional strength and edge grip underfoot. If you like a ski that seamlessly transitions between terrain and conditions, this one is a master. Despite the shortened effective edge, the thick sidewalls make up for it and allow this ski to carve like more of a frontside ski.
Who it's For:
Your skiing style is a mix of playful pop, sharp carving, and versatile performance with some freeride flair.
Price: $699.95
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2025 Stockli Nela 96 Skis
Overview:
When it comes to supple smoothness, precision, and poise, there’s really no competing with the Stockli Nela 96. This ski will never lose its appeal, so long as Stockli continues to gift us the impressively high-quality build and supreme performance features. Luckily, we’re getting the same great recipe for 2025 and for skiers who value unwavering stability and dampness, this ski is off the charts. With a heavy focus on precise on-piste edge grip and smooth carving capabilities, the Nela 96 features enough width and an all-mountain shape to provide off-piste strengths as well. Both maneuverable and powerful, the wood core, fiberglass laminate, and two sheets of metal provide consistency from tip to tail. The flex pattern of the Nela is nice in that the shovel is softer than the midsection, inviting some forgiveness and ease of use. The flat, square tail means more business but adding in the mix of width and rocker allows this ski to plow through just about every type of condition. The smooth, silent nature of this ski will appeal to capable skiers looking to carve and cruise with ease and poise.
Who it's For:
Fans of smooth, unwavering performance with enough heft to power through variable conditions. You like a more refined, premium ski and see the value of the price.
Price: $1,249.00
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2025 Volkl Blaze 94 W Skis
Overview:
Though the Volkl Blaze 94 W has kept us happy over the past few years, Volkl decided it was time for a change. Receiving both construction and shape alterations, this fantastic all-mountain ski just got even better. If you like lots of versatility and energetic maneuverability, you will love the well-rounded nature of this ski. One of those skis that doesn’t excel at one thing, but just about everything. It’s been an awesome hybrid touring option, thanks to its lightweight build, but Volkl decided they wanted to pack a little more punch into the Blaze 94. With both the addition of their Green Core and using full width metal instead of partial, the performance jumped up the ladder quite a way. With greater edge grip and carving capabilities, this ski is noticeably more powerful on-piste than before. They also added 3D glass also enhanced the stiffness, as well as the level of energy. All in all, the Blaze 94 is still the highly versatile, easy to use ski but now offers greater power and on-piste performance.
Who it's For:
You want a ski that does everything well and value ease of use. Versatility is above all else but you want to confidently carve on-piste.
Price: $699.99
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2025 Volkl Secret 96 Skis
Overview:
One of, if not the, highest performing ski on this list. This powerful all-mountain weapon received some exciting upgrades for 2025, maintaining its place at the top of the pack while delivering greater responsiveness and rebound. This strong, demanding ski behaves like a frontside, high-speed carving ski but with enough width for off-piste versatility. Now with a more dynamic, compliable feel, the overall performance is more refined and balanced than before. The top-quality build from the previous rendition remains but the application of metal is tweaked, now adapted precisely to each individual ski length. With the width of the metal frame dependent on the length, the ski adheres to your height/weight, making it feel much more intuitive. This ski also received tailored carbon tips, which allow an agile shovel reaction with less effort.
Who it's For:
Ex-racers who want the capabilities of a powerful frontside ski but with enough width and reactivity for versatile use.
Price: $849.99