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4FRNT Raven Alpine Touring Ski
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Description
The 4FRNT Raven Alpine Touring Ski is a fully rockered 104 mm touring ski at 1,827 g per ski (184 cm), built to break trail easily and pivot through trees and soft snow.
Tech Specs
4FRNT Raven Alpine Touring Ski
The 4FRNT Raven Alpine Touring Ski is for tourers who spend their days in soft snow, tight trees, and steep chutes and want a ski that breaks trail easily and turns on a whim. A fully rockered profile with a 54 mm tip rise keeps the shovel riding above fresh snow on the skin track, and a 104 mm waist with a 29 m radius gives a loose, surfy turn that pivots where a cambered ski would track. Weighing 1,827 g per ski at 184 cm, built on an aspen and maple core with a 4-Lock tail slot for the skin, the 4FRNT Raven suits midwinter powder tours, tree laps, and technical lines where quick direction changes matter.
Is This the Right Ski for You?
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Ski Profile
Why We Like It
- A 54 mm tip rise on a fully rockered base lifts the shovel over new snow, so breaking trail takes less effort than on a cambered ski of the same width.
- The 104 mm waist holds at every length while the tips grow from 120 to 121 mm, so a 170 cm skier gets the same platform underfoot as a 190 cm skier.
- Aspen, a light, springy hardwood, is paired with denser maple and reinforced with carbon fiber stringers, which keeps the 184 cm at 1,827 g per ski.
- The 4-Lock tail slot takes a self-locking skin strap, so the skin cannot peel off the tail on a steep kick turn.
Best Uses
- Midwinter powder touring
- Tight trees and steep chutes
- Technical lines with quick direction changes
- Trail breaking in deep snow
- Soft-snow resort days on a touring setup
Ski Selection Advice
The 4FRNT Raven runs a 29 m radius at every length, but on a fully rockered ski that number describes the sidecut, not the turn. With no camber, the ski pivots under the foot and the effective edge is short for the length: 1,150 mm at 170 cm, 1,220 mm at 177 cm, 1,290 mm at 184 cm, and 1,350 mm at 190 cm. We size a rockered ski like the Raven at or slightly above a skier's height, since it skis shorter than a cambered ski of the same length.
4FRNT publishes a mount point for each length, measured from the tail: 795 mm at 170 cm, 825 mm at 177 cm, 860 mm at 184 cm, and 890 mm at 190 cm. The Raven takes pin-tech or frame touring bindings at that line. A brake has to clear the 104 mm waist, so choose a 105 mm brake or wider. Match the binding to your boot sole norm.
Size the skin off the tail, which measures 111 to 113 mm across the run, so a 120 mm skin trimmed to the sidecut covers every length. The 4-Lock slot needs a skin with a 4-Lock compatible tail strap.
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Construction and Use
Compare the 4FRNT Raven
4FRNT Raven vs. 4FRNT Nevar
The 4FRNT Nevar shares the 104 mm waist but adds 3 mm of camber underfoot and a 22 m radius, which puts more edge on firm snow. The Raven is fully rockered and pivots more easily in soft snow and tight trees. Tourers who see a lot of firm and spring snow choose the Nevar; tourers who ski mostly powder choose the Raven.
4FRNT Nevar Alpine Touring Ski4FRNT Raven vs. 4FRNT Hoji
The 4FRNT Hoji is 8 mm wider at 112 mm and heavier at 1,990 g per ski at 184 cm, built for freeride days at the resort as much as for tours. The Raven gives up some float for 163 g less per ski at 184 cm, which adds up on long climbs. Pick the Hoji for deep-snow freeride and the Raven for powder tours where the skin track is long.
4FRNT Hoji Alpine Touring Ski4FRNT Raven vs. Voile HyperCharger
The Voile HyperCharger is 106 mm underfoot at 178 cm with camber underfoot and a flat tail, and weighs 1,395 g per ski at 178 cm. The HyperCharger is the lighter, more directional ski for steep, firm faces; the Raven is the looser, more forgiving ski for trees and soft snow.
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