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Voile Charger BC Touring Ski
Skiers who hunt low-angle glades and flat forest, and who need enough width to plane in soft snow while getting back up without skins, are why the Voile Charger BC Touring Ski exists. A 137-104-121 mm shape at 171 cm carries an early-rise tip and a wide flat tail on an 18.5 m radius, so the descent still arcs rather than pivots, and the molded Traction Pattern base handles the climb back out. At 1,545 g per ski in a 171 the Voile Charger BC is the widest scaled ski Voile builds, and it matches the standard Charger at every length.
Is This the Right Ski for You?
CCBB Ski Ratings
CCBB Ski Profile
Why We Like It
- At 104 mm underfoot the Voile Charger BC has the width to keep planing in soft snow at the low speeds low-angle glade skiing produces, which narrower scaled skis do not.
- The shape is the Charger shape untouched: early-rise tip, minimal taper and a wide flat tail on the same radius at every length, so the scales do not come at the cost of turn character.
- Poplar under one Voile Carbon-Weave layer keeps the ski damp, which matters when the scales are chattering across firm trail.
- Fiberglass heel and toe mounting patches make the Voile Charger BC telemark rated, and this is the width and terrain where tele and three-pin setups still make sense.
Best Uses
- Low-angle glades and flat forest
- Rolling terrain and repeated short laps
- Telemark, three-pin and nordic-leaning setups
- Soft snow at low speed where float matters
- Skiers who trade glide for skipping transitions
Ski Specialist's Advice
Width and scales together change what the ski is for. A 104 mm waist keeps the Voile Charger BC planing in soft snow at the slow speeds low-angle terrain produces, and the scale base means a short climb back up needs no transition, which is the whole appeal of glade lapping. Length moves the shape as elsewhere in the line, from a 154 at 125-99-112 mm and 1,230 g per ski to a 185 at 143-108-126 mm and 1,755 g per ski.
The Voile Charger BC takes AT bindings and telemark bindings, and quiver killers void the Voile factory warranty. Mount to the factory boot center mark, which Voile charts per length, without a plate. Match binding to your boot sole norm, size brakes to the waist at your length from 99 mm at 154 cm to 108 mm at 185 cm, and carry skins at a 140 mm stock width for the 112 to 126 mm tail. On a ski this wide the skin is a real weight, which is part of why the scales pay off here.
Technical Specifications Full spec table · Click to expand
Shape and Sizing
- Dimensions
- 125-99-112 mm (154 cm), 133-102-118 mm (164 cm), 137-104-121 mm (171 cm), 140-106-124 mm (178 cm), 143-108-126 mm (185 cm)
- Turning Radius
- 17.6 m (154 cm), 18 m (164 cm), 18.5 m (171 cm), 19.5 m (178 cm), 20 m (185 cm)
- Weight
- 1,230 g per ski (154 cm), 1,470 g per ski (164 cm), 1,545 g per ski (171 cm), 1,630 g per ski (178 cm), 1,755 g per ski (185 cm)
- Lengths
- 154, 164, 171, 178, 185 cm
- Profile
- Early Rise Camber, early-rise tip with a wide shovel, camber underfoot, minimal taper and a wide flat tail
Construction and Use
- Core
- Poplar wood core with a layer of Voile Carbon-Weave, a carbon fiber and triaxial fiberglass laminate
- Construction
- Full cap construction, fiberglass heel and toe mounting patches, textured polyamide nylon Anti-Ice topsheet, full-contact hardened steel edges, molded Traction Pattern scale base underfoot. Made in Utah, USA.
- Recommended Use
- Scaled-base big-mountain touring
- Binding Pairing
- AT bindings, including pin/tech touring bindings, and telemark bindings. Standard mount, no reinforcing plate required. Quiver killers void the Voile factory warranty.
- Warranty
- One year from date of end-user purchase against defects in materials and workmanship. Voided by modification or by installing quiver killers.
Compare the Voile Charger BC
Voile Charger BC vs. Voile Charger
Same 137-104-121 mm shape, same 18.5 m radius at 171 cm, same poplar layup and the same published weight at every length. The Traction Pattern base is the only difference. The Voile Charger BC climbs gentle ground without skins; the Voile Charger glides faster and skis backwards.
Shop Voile Charger skisVoile Charger BC vs. Voile HyperCharger
The Voile HyperCharger is the same shape on a paulownia core with doubled carbon and no scales, at 1,295 g per ski at 171 cm against 1,545 g for the Voile Charger BC. That is 250 g per ski for the climb, against the transitions the scales remove. Big objectives favor the HyperCharger, rolling glade terrain the Charger BC.
Shop Voile HyperCharger skisVoile Charger BC vs. Voile Vector BC
Two poplar scaled skis 10 mm apart underfoot. The Voile Vector BC is 127-94-111 mm at 171 cm and 1,405 g per ski, quicker edge to edge and better on firm snow. The Voile Charger BC is 137-104-121 mm and 1,545 g, and it keeps planing in soft snow where the Vector BC starts to sink.
Shop Voile Vector BC skis