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Kastle Biafo 88 Alpine Touring Ski
Description
Kastle Biafo 88 Alpine Touring Ski, the lightest ski in the Kastle Terra touring range at 1,120 g per ski (151 cm) on a 125-88-112 mm shape. Lengths 151, 159 and 167 cm.
Tech Specs
Features
- 125-88-112 mm (all lengths)
- 1,120 g per ski (151 cm) to 1,240 g per ski (167 cm)
- Turn radius 10.2 m (151 cm) to 13.6 m (167 cm)
- Paulownia wood core with a carbon and glass fiber wound core
- Armoclad sidewall, Hollowtech Evo hollow-chamber tip
- Flat ski, no plate mounted. 120 mm stock width off the 112 mm tail
Kastle Biafo 88 Alpine Touring Ski
The Kastle Biafo 88 is the Terra line ski mountaineering ski, for women who count a day in vertical and want the lightest ski Kastle builds for touring. At 1,120 g per ski (151 cm) the Biafo 88 is the lightest ski in Kastle's Terra touring range, and a low-density paulownia wood core inside a carbon and glass fiber wrap is what keeps a ski that light from feeling loose in a turn. An 88 mm waist with a 10.2 m radius at 151 cm makes the Biafo 88 quick to pivot on firm snow, across three lengths at 151, 159 and 167 cm.
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Why We Like It
- At 1,120 g per ski (151 cm) and no more than 1,240 g per ski at 167 cm, the Biafo 88 is the lightest ski Kastle offers in the Terra touring range.
- A 10.2 m radius at 151 cm is unusually short for a touring ski, which is what makes the Biafo 88 easy to pivot in a couloir and to steer across a firm sidehill.
- A low-density paulownia wood core inside a carbon and glass fiber wrap is why the Biafo 88 stays torsionally stiff at a weight where light skis usually get vague.
- An Armoclad sidewall, a hardened sidewall strip carried to the steel edge, protects the part of a light ski most exposed to rock strikes.
Best Uses
- Ski mountaineering and objective days with technical descents
- Spring corn and firm morning snow on a narrow, quick platform
- Big vertical days and hut-to-hut traverses
- Couloirs and tight terrain at 151 cm for the 10.2 m radius
- Fast-and-light pin-tech setups where weight is the priority
Ski Specialist's Advice
The Kastle Biafo 88 comes in 151, 159 and 167 cm with radii of 10.2 m, 11.9 m and 13.6 m. All three are short-radius numbers, so this ski stays quick to turn at every length rather than getting directional at the top of the run. We size the Biafo 88 to terrain, and a skier who spends the day in couloirs and trees is often better on 151 cm even if a height chart suggests longer, because an 88 mm ski is easier to manage short on firm snow.
Weight runs 1,120 g per ski at 151 cm, 1,180 g at 159 cm and 1,240 g at 167 cm, a 120 g spread, so length is close to free on the skin track. The Biafo 88 ships flat with no plate mounted and Kastle does not specify a reinforcing plate for the flat ski, so pin-tech touring bindings are the natural pairing. Kastle also lists a version with an RTS base plate premounted as a separate item, so confirm which one you are ordering. Match the binding to your boot sole norm rather than to the ski.
Skin width comes off the 112 mm tail rather than the 88 mm waist, which puts the Biafo 88 on a 120 mm stock skin trimmed to shape, and Kastle offers both a Pro Skin and a Basic Skin cut for it. Both shovel and tail are hook free, so a standard tip loop seats normally and a tail clip wraps the tail rather than dropping into a notch. Brakes, if your binding has them, need to clear 88 mm, so 90 mm brakes are the size.
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Shape and Sizing
- Dimensions
- 125-88-112 mm (all lengths)
- Turn Radius
- 10.2 m (151 cm), 11.9 m (159 cm), 13.6 m (167 cm)
- Lengths
- 151, 159, 167 cm
- Weight
- 1,120 g per ski (151 cm), 1,180 g per ski (159 cm), 1,240 g per ski (167 cm)
- Rocker Profile
- Directional touring rocker, low camber, hook free shovel and hook free tail
- Item Number
- AT88T25
Construction and Use
- Core
- Paulownia wood core with a carbon and glass fiber wound core
- Construction
- Armoclad sidewall, Hollowtech Evo hollow-chamber tip
- Binding Base
- Flat, no plate mounted. An RTS base plate version is sold separately
- Skin Fit
- 120 mm stock width off the 112 mm tail
- Recommended Use
- Ski mountaineering and all-round touring
- Warranty
- 2 years from date of purchase, handled through the selling retailer
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The Kastle Pika 94 is the wider Terra ski at 130-94-116 mm, with a length run of 155, 163 and 171 cm and an 11.5 m radius at 155 cm. Skiers who want one ski across a mixed season take the Pika 94 for the extra 6 mm underfoot, and skiers whose days are spring ascents and technical descents take the Biafo 88 for the lower weight.
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