Like the Völkl Racetiger GS, the Rossignol Hero Elite LT is a muscular ski that obeys turning commands with the obedience and precision of a dressage horse. If groomers are your territory and speed is your best friend, the Hero Elite LT Ti belongs in your ski locker.

There’s an ineffable ease to the Elite LT’s flow down the hill. As Zac Larsen of The Lift House noted, “Easy to ski great,” which is one way to describe what everyone is looking for in a new ski. Larsen added, “Held at speed!” with the exclamation point evidence that a ski so simple to guide shouldn’t be so unbudgeable at ballistic speeds. It’s literally effortless in long radius turns.

The Elite LT Ti is so mellow it permits you to drift without protest, but it’s so exhilarating to give it the gas that you won’t want to scrub speed until the lift line. For the strong skier, the Elite LT Ti is probably the best of the hard snow Rossis. As Matt from Footloose observes, “Comparatively speaking, this ski has more to offer than the Pursuit 800: more performance, dampening, horsepower and versatility.”