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Völkl Rise High 88 (Backcountry Touring Ski 2025/2026)

Product Summary

Due to its lighweight construction the Völkl Rise High 88 is easy to handle not only downhill but also during longer ascents. The Völkl Rise High 88's full retail price is €900. The Ski costs roughly €270 more than the average price of all Backcountry Touring Skis, making it a real luxury Ski. The ski is very smooth and forgiving. It's the perfect tool for intermediate skiers. The Rise High 88 is a more off-piste oriented ski which rides great in deep powder. Thanks to its versatility however, it is also fun on groomers from time to time. The ski is available from 160 to 180cm.

The ski in details

An ultra-light full carbon ski for the experienced ski tourer.

What are the key criteria for demanding ski tourers? Weight? Uphill performance? Riding qualities? Behaviour in unfavourable conditions? All of it? Then this is the perfect ski! The Rise High 88 with a full carbon jacket offers a fantastic weight-performance ratio and optimum stability. Despite not weighing much, it offers great durability on long, demanding tours in high alpine terrain, making it ideal for experienced ski mountaineers. In addition to the carbon construction, the 88 also features the unique Smart Skinclip attachment system, which is compatible with both Fibre Tech and Smart Glue skins.

Weight: 1065g @ 170cm

Technologies

Hybrid Multilayer Woodcore
The extra-light hybrid multilayer wood core is a very complex core that is used in the Blaze. Light and very stable poplar and beech woods, individually weighed and selected by weight before gluing, are used in this wood core.

Full Cap
Durable construction with topsheet wrapping over the full woodcore.

Full Carbon Jacket
Material layup for direct transmission and high reliability/stability at the lightest possible weight.

Base P-Tex 4504
A sintered, ultra-high molecular polyethylene base with an extremely high density. Besides a great wear resistance and perfect wax absorption the P-Tex 4504 is extremely fast.

Brushed

Tip Rocker
​​​​​​​Character: Only bends upwards in the shovel area, while the middle and tail of the ski feature a camber shape.

Smart Skinclip
​​​​​​​The newly developed Smart Skinclip system allows the ski tourer to decide for himself, depending on the situation, in which direction he should pull the skin on and off.

Brushed Structured

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Facts

Season 2025/2026
Season start: 2025
Season end: 2026
Category Backcountry Touring Ski
Suggested Retail Price 900 €
Rocker Ski

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Terrain

Slope
30%
Powder
70%

Skill Level

1 = Newbie, 10 = Pro
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Available lengths

Length (cm)Radius (m)Sidecut (mm)
160
16.30 m
127
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88
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106
170
18.90 m
127
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88
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106
180
21.60 m
127
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88
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106
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