2025 Salomon Stance 90

With a graphic update for 2025, the Salomon Stance 90 continues to be an awesome choice for high-performance all-mountain skiing. Last season, this ski got a bit lighter and more mobile. While we had no issues with the outgoing model in any shape or form, it didn’t seem to grasp the attention of the skier for one reason or another. Whether it was graphics-induced or that the ski has a lot of competition, we’re not sure. The hope is that the 2025 model gets on track with the potential of the ski, and from first looks and our impression on snow, that’s bound to happen. Give us a Stance 90 and we’ll ski it any day.

From two years ago, the Stance 90’s build gets a bit more active. The main difference is in the construction of the ski, with the general goal from Salomon being the move towards lighter and snappier. For an all-mountain ski that’s looking to split the time between front side and freeride, this separates the Stance 90 from where it was in the past. The big move was from a full poplar wood core to a mix of karuba and poplar, so it’s taking a bit off the top and adding considerably more to the bottom, at least in terms of stability and power. Additionally, the skis feature a Twinframe 2 technology that has a mix of Salomon’s tech and fellow Amer Sports ski company Armada’s ideas. Basically, Salomon uses a version of Articulated Titanal Banding by milling slits parallel to the window and allowing for the ski to absorb the terrain and keep more focused on the task at hand. Inside the windows, instead of metal, Salomon uses a mix of carbon and basalt fibers to keep the ski stiff and responsive while keeping weight down. The blend of this material and the side slits make for a more articulate and sophisticated feel that makes the ski more appealing to a wider range of skiers, keeping the experts firmly attracted to the ski’s performance. This build takes a bit of weight off the scale, with the new ski at 1800 grams in the 182 while the original version is about 50 grams heavier. Tester Jamie O’Brien notes that “At first glance I notice the Stance 90 has snow contact points closer to the tip and tail than other models in the All-Mountain category. This ski felt hefty as a stepped into them but it as soon as they were pointed downhill they came alive.”

The original shape and profile of this ski has returned unchanged since inception. The 2025 Stance 90 shares the same mold and footprint, keeping skiers who loved the relatively long turn shape and mostly traditional rocker profile very much the same. Salomon refers to it as having 16% tip rocker and 12% tail rocker, aligning pretty well with what we see with our eyes and feel on our feet—this ski is very much a traditional ski in terms of profile. At 90 mm underfoot, it has the versatility and well-rounded shape to easily be a one ski quiver for most anywhere on the planet, and with a 19-meter turn radius in the 182, it allows the skier to dictate the magnitude and direction of the turn with minimal effort. It’s a very innate way to go about creating a turn shape—the harder you push it, the more it responds. These Stance 90’s are quite happy making longer, more drawn-out carves on the groomers but that doesn’t stop them from mixing it up and becoming quick and agile for when the terrain gets technical, or the snow conditions get sketchy. With the lighter build and increased flex, the skis are fantastic in bumps and trees, and we get to use the word “traditional” again when it comes to these applications. Greg Petrics states that “this ski is at home all over the mountain from piste to powder. That 90 mm width and 18-meter radius can do it all.”

The whole point of 90 mm underfoot skis is versatility. With a new topsheet, the 2025 Salomon Stance 90 allows for a wider group of skiers to enter and enjoy the fruits of Salomon’s updates. While some skiers may have been steered away in the past, either due to graphic incompatibility or just a general misunderstanding of what the ski is all about, there should be a new and larger group of skiers who are going to settle right into the new Stance 90. This ski checks a ton of boxes for a ton of skiers.