2025 Fischer Ranger 102

I’m not privy to Fischer’s sales numbers, but I’d bet dollars to donuts that the Ranger 102 FR was its most popular Ranger until it was discontinued two years ago to make way for the latest Ranger 102 (sans suffix). The qualities that made the 102 FR the star product of the old Rangers were its smeary, playful baseline, its metal-free construction - making it lighter and torsionally softer - and the fact that it had the most distinctive snow feel compared to its competition in the Big Mountain genre. As Fischer made the transition to the new Ranger series that added a dab of Titanal to every model, preserving the on-snow properties of its flagship Ranger was likely to be a high priority. Once you have an established fan club, you don’t want to disappoint it. Devotees of the retired Ranger FR 102 can relax. If you loved the FR for its surfy attitude, you’ll be at least as enamored of the 2025 Ranger 102. This is still a decidedly soft snow ski, as several testers lamented who essayed the Ranger 102 in 2022’s skinny season. “In fresh snow, you’ll love this ski,” reassured Mark Rafferty from Peter Glenn. “Plenty wide and playful for first tracks. If no new fresh for a few weeks, the Ranger 102 will rip fast turns on the groomers. Strong for blasting through crud. A true marvel,” he raved. Our test feedback suggests that the current Ranger 102 is at least as potent a Power ski as its predecessor, while its calmer edge through the belly of a big turn helped move it up our Finesse ranks. All things considered, the 2025 Ranger 102 amplifies its forebear’s best assets without changing its fundamental character. Fischer draws no distinction between men’s and women’s models, so any man who fancies a mauve topsheet can get the Ranger 102 in lengths as long as 190cm.