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Be it alpine meadows, rolling forests, or glacial valleys: “flats” are a given for the backcountry skier. That said, we often tend to dream about the descent with less regard for the long expanse that might precede it. Scaled skis make quick work of approach and egress in such terrain, negating the need for troublesome transitions and leaving us with more time and energy for the marquis event.
The Endeavor BC will delight the contemporary alpine traveler as much as it will the die-hard knee dropper or ascetic Nordic nerd. That's right: it’s compatible with practically any binding you could care to pair with it, including an NNN BC, Xplore, 3-Pin, Switchback, X2, TTS Transit, Lynx, Meidjo and more...
Of course, the Endeavor BC is more than simply a congenial ski/binding bridge builder... It’s the astonishing capability of a lightweight ski with an ~82mm waist. It’s the ease of an elevator approach on a well laid track. It’s the experience of a day spent gleefully re-descending 500’ laps in your local stash...not to mention the potential for 5,000 cumulative feet of vertical without a pause for climbing skins! There’s a time and a place for those skins, no question... But in this case, they can stay stowed in your pack while you reel in a personal record.
Perfomance Focus:
All Mountain + Mountaineering
Turn Personality:
Directional / Carving
Highlights:
• Lightweight but damp
• Quick edge to edge
• Telemark Compatible
• Scaled "Traction Pattern" BC base
Related video: Everything you need to know about scaled-base skis.
SPECS
The width and radius of Voile skis differ from one length to another, so as to deliver uniform performance across the entire size range. Weights may vary slightly from one pair to another due to environmental factors, and by nature of the fact that they are made by hand.
| Length (cm) | 164 | 171 | 178 |
| Nose Width (mm) | 112 | 115 | 117 |
| Waist Width (mm) | 80 | 82 | 84 |
| Tail Width (mm) | 97 | 99 | 102 |
| Sidecut (meter) | 18.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 |
| Pair Weight (g) | 2429g | 2752g | 2951g |
UPC
164cm: Part No: 5221-164-2324 UPC: 759948918877
171cm: Part No: 5221-171-2324 UPC: 759948918884
178cm: Part No: 5221-178-2324 UPC: 759948918891
Early Rise Camber
A directional, hard-carving turn personality makes this ski feel very powerful. A more traditional shape, with a turn radius on the longer side. This ski is characterised as stable and assertive.
Tip: Early-rise tip and wide shovel provide excellent float in powder.
Waist: Long running length. Engineered for strong edging ability when fast and steep. Cambered underfoot for stability.
Tail: Minimal taper, with a wide and flat hard-working tail for control in debris and harder conditions.
Classic BC
Full Cap / Poplar / Carbon / Traction Pattern Base
Durable and damp poplar construction with triaxial fiberglass for uncompromising performance inbounds or off-piste.
Traction Pattern "BC" scalebase has been included underfoot to allow for fewer transitions when traversing rolling terrain.
Anti-Ice Topsheet
Crafted from exceptionally durable polyamide material, and designed with a unique texture that effectively reduces the accumulation of snow and ice. This innovative feature is particularly beneficial during long approaches or in freezing conditions, where snow and ice buildup would normally hinder performance.
Fiberglass Mounting Patch
Heel and toe mounting areas are reinforced to prevent binding pull-out during aggressive maneuvers through hard snow, effectively distributing the energy transferred between the skier and the ski. These skis are compatible with telemark bindings.
Voile Carbon-Weave
Voile Carbon-Weave combines the lightweight strength of carbon fiber with the durability of triaxial fiberglass. The strategic integration of carbon fiber into the ski's construction reduces weight while providing the perfect blend of responsiveness, stability, and energy transfer, allowing skiers to maneuver with precision and control.
Triaxial Fiberglass
Triaxial fiberglass increases dimensional stability along three axis, providing for balanced torsional stiffness and enhancing your ability to control the ski (precise and firm edge grip). Triaxial fiberglass maintains a consistent flex pattern throughout the ski, ensuring predictable performance across different snow conditions and skiing styles.
Full-Contact Steel Edge
Steel edges provide superior grip and control on hardpacked snow and icy conditions, enhancing stability and confidence while skiing. Two lengths of hardened steel with inset teeth wrap the perimeter of this ski. Each section is painstakingly shaped by hand to ensure a precise layup.
Sintered Black Base
This ski passes on the base graphics for the sake of an ultra-high molecular density base; making for faster downhill performance and greater wear/impact resistance. And you can rest assured that your p-tex repairs will be seamless after your day spent breaking the sound barrier.
Traction Pattern Base
For the backcountry skier who makes long approaches over rolling terrain, scaled base reduces the climbing skin transitions necessary to make it to their summit... perhaps negating the need for climbing skins entirely! The "scale base" underfoot creates friction against the snow surface when the ski is decambered, and then glides with the skier's forward stride.
Couloirs, corn, chowder, crust and kicks
I've skied the Endeavor BC with a pair of TTS Transit Telemark bindings with a TX Pro every tour this spring in Montana through a variety of conditions: cold dust on crust, stiff hot pow, ice, grabby wind-affected, avy debris, chalky windboard, breakable crust, corn and even some boot top powder. For a light pair of skis, they've handled it all quite well. They have a somewhat long turning radius carved on edge, but they're so light that I can pop up and swing them around with ease. As with all my skis, I liked them significantly better after a strong de-tune of the tip and tail- guess I like to smear my turns.
To scale or not to scale?
Like em: For the rolling and involved exits, not needing to put skins back on is awesome. On short stretches, I'll just shimmy in ski mode with the free heel. For longer climbs, I'll adjust my boots and bindings to tour, but am still transitioned before my friends using skins.
Don't like em as much: They don't glide as well as a non-scaled ski on the runouts. And since they don't slide backward, I can't easily slip and slide falling leaf style when re-positioning for the next turn on steep slopes, though I'm adapting.
For a pure steep skiing ski, I'd go with no scales. For my steep skiing, fitness, meadow skipping, and multi-day traverse ski, I'm glad I have the scales.
I'm 6'0, 180 pounds and the 178 feels like a good fit.
Christopher Older
05/01/2024
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Perfect East Coast Backcountry Ski
I feel like I finally cracked the code for the best VT /east coast backcountry setup with this ski. The fish scales paired with fritche vipec evo bindings is my go to setup for all day backcountry adventures. It feels like a Nordic ski on the up and flats and a bombproof alpine ski on the down. I’m thankful Voile is making this type of ski.
J Douglas
01/21/2024
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I Just Had the Best Backcountry Ski of My Life
I would describe myself as a kick and glide girl with over several miles of backcountry ski trails out my front door in the forest of NH. With varied snow conditions of the past few years, I have branched out to uphill travel at the local downhill ski area. I have been using a backcounty ski with a fair amount of camber and this year wanted a ski that was more manuverable and easier to turn and was compatible with a telemark binding. I am 5'10" and weigh an average of 150 lbs; I purchased a pair of 164cm Endeavors and realized today that I have my dream ski. On the uphill travel, I can scale up or skin up and they completly fullfill my goals of easy to turn and manuver. On the backcountry tour - kick and glide I can manuver through tight spots, trees, make quick turns and have plenty of grip with the scales and glide. I am running them with Scarpa T4s and 3-pin Voile Spring Cable Traverse Telemark Binding. Thank you Voile.
Shannon
01/20/2024
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Awesome Floatation in a lightweight package
When purchasing these skis I expressed to the team at Voile my concern about them being able to float my fat a**. I weigh in around 200 lbs and typically ski a length of 181-184cm in the backcountry. The longest version of this ski is only 178cm. The team at Voile assured me it would float me, and float me they did. This ski is awesome. Its narrow enough that I can control it even in bounds on hard pack with my leather Alico 3 pin boots. When paired with Voile's switchback bindings. The traction base provides effortless ascents. The camber / early rise tip combination makes this ski just want to climb to the surface of any powder. Overall this ski is awesome and is really a one ski quiver.
Eric Walker
10/12/2023
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