2023 Black Crows Mirus Cor

The Black Crows Mirus Cor is a great example of a ski that’s built outside the box. While many other ski companies keep things going in a linear fashion, Black Crows is squiggling the lines for sure. The Mirus Cor is somewhat of an indescribable ski, having the playfulness of a twin tip, the short-turning nature of a slalom ski, and the swallow tail of a pure powder board. There’s more to it, as well, but if you had to boil it down into a couple of readable points, that might cover most of it. Built with a poplar wood core with fiberglass laminate, the skis also get a single laminate of titanal underfoot to make it more torsionally stiff. It’s got a semi-cap build that makes it super-quick, and that goes along with the tip and tail rocker with camber underfoot. The swallow tail allows for quicker releases from turns as well as a smoother feel in powder and softer snow. They have pretty symmetrical rocker to them, and while the shape isn’t quite as identical from tip to tail, it’s still got a pretty round turn, consisting of a 13-meter turn radius. Coming in at 1800 grams per ski in the 178, the Mirus Cor is relatively stable, you just have to be ready to carve some seriously short turns and stay balanced on your feet.

Quenten Jones skied the 178, and found it to be short for him. He gave top scores of 5 out of 5, somewhat unsurprisingly, for playfulness and forgiveness, with 4’s for overall impression, quickness, and maneuverability. We see 3’s for versatility, torsional stiffness, edge grip, stability, and flotation, so most of these scores fall right in line with what Black Crows is trying to get the ski to do/be. Quenten’s feedback also backs up this notion of what Mirus Cor is intended to do: “Very pivoty and playful. Turns on a dime and encourages a playful outlook on the mountain.” Phil McGrory also skied the 178, noting that “This ski skied well at this length. I usually would ski a little longer but fell in between sizes. I would recommend this ski to be shorter if you like more turn radius/shorter turns or ski it longer for a longer and smoother option. The Mirus Cor is a modern-day carver. The wider platform combined with a super tight turn radius (13m @ 178cm) allows the skier to carve a million turns with ease down the trail. The unique split tail allows the ski to feel comfortable in and out of the turns but also have some snap out of the turn. This ski is definitely most at home on-trail and would be ideal for an intermediate to advanced skier who wants a ski to carve at the resort.” For a lot of skiers, at 87 mm underfoot, this could represent a daily driver, but one that’s certainly on the funky side of the spectrum.

One of those funky skiers is Matt McGinnis who totally gets this ski. He was on the 178, and noted it skis true to size. Matt scored it 4’s out of 5 for overall impression, versatility, torsional stiffness, edge grip, forgiveness, playfulness, and stability. We see a lowly 2 for flotation. Matt states that “This was my second year skiing the Mirus Cor, and no plot twist here, I still love them. The thing about the Mirus Cor, is that it’s just such a unique ski. The shape of the tip and tail is one thing, but even more notable is the 87mm waist combined with an insanely low turn radius of just 13m. The result is a ski that is just incredibly fun all around. It carves hard, can slash snow, and my personal favorite, enables 13m radius switch carves. That right there is enough to sell this ski to the right buyer. If switch slalom skiing is appealing to you, there’s literally just one ski to buy: the Black Crow Mirus Cor.” Sounds like somewhat of a slim group for that type of application, but perhaps there are more of them out there than I’m aware of.

From a strange daily driver to a playful option in the quiver, the Black Crows Mirus Cor has a very unique construction, shape, and profile, allowing skiers to put their creativity to the test on the hill. Thanks to Black Crows thinking of and building skis that are outliers to most modern mainstream companies, the ski collection of the world just gets that much more diverse, and we’re here for it.