2022 Salomon QST Lumen 99
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Ski Stats

Sidecut 134/99/116
Radius 19m @ 167cm
Lengths 153,159,167,174
Weight 1740g @ 167cm
MSRP $725
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Since the QST series was launched by Salomon many moons ago, its male and female iterations have been indistinguishable beneath their decorated top-sheets. Not so this season, where the unisex QST 99 was singled out for transformation, while the QST Lumen 99 was unchanged except for a purely cosmetic makeover. The two generations could not be more different. The new QST 98 tilts its terrain interests decidedly in the off-trail direction. Its well rockered extremities seem as nervous as a 13-year old on a first date, unless there’s some snow under them to calm them down. The unadulterated QST Lumen 99, in contrast, is a true all-terrain ski. It isn’t fazed by hardpack, where its relatively shallow sidecut likes to stay close to the fall line.

Since the QST series was launched by Salomon many moons ago, its male and female iterations have been indistinguishable beneath their decorated top-sheets. Not so this season, where the unisex QST 99 was singled out for transformation, while the QST Lumen 99 was unchanged except for a purely cosmetic makeover.

The two generations could not be more different. The new QST 98 tilts its terrain interests decidedly in the off-trail direction. Its well rockered extremities seem as nervous as a 13-year old on a first date, unless there’s some snow under them to calm them down.

The unadulterated QST Lumen 99, in contrast, is a true all-terrain ski. It isn’t fazed by hardpack, where its relatively shallow sidecut likes to stay close to the fall line. It exceeds expectations in moguls, where its shock-sucking Cork Damplifier helps maintain snow contact. Properly sized, it will wriggle through trees more readily than its metal-clad competition in this category.

Even though the QST Lumen 99 is definitely an off-trail-oriented ski, it has a bigger, all-condition envelope than most skis in the Women’s All-Mountain West genre.  Of course, any woman shopping in this segment will want to ski the Lumen 99 in powder, where it’s designed to shine, but it’s still tons of fun to ski when powder is only a memory.

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