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Been trying (for over a year!) to find a seemingly impossible set up.
Can anyone give me recommendations of some touring ski’s that are pretty light but can handle the cruddy down/fairly forgiving for the upper intermediate skier? The issue- must come in a 153cm! Or smaller...
Intended use- light enough for fairly long ski tours and descents in the alps(eg. Mt buet in Chamonix, Gran Paradiso) stable enough for the crud there and classic Scottish ski descents, approaches to rock and mixed climbs up high. Will be paired with light pin bindings.
Context- I’m just about 5ft and 45kg, so not exactly charging... (steeps... I’m working on it, tho easier Scottish gulleys are fine) the only ones I seem to find short enough are some skimo models eg. Dynafit tour, Scott superguides which at my skill level I’ve found harder to keep control/an edge in challenging conditions. So many brands don’t even go that small- black crow etc.
Aware this might be a fairly big ask and that solution could be get stronger/better but any recommendations would be very useful!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You could get some approach skis, such as those made by Hagan (Off Limits). They would be ideal for Scotland. Skins will be cheap too  - a couple of meters off the roll and you are sorted.
I've no idea what 5ft is and I notice you mix metric and imperial which seems strange. But 5' sounds fairly short to me.
I've skied some very steep and gnarly couloirs on approach skis, but it is nearly cheating as they turn so easily. You'll make all the dudes on big mountain skis hate you like Greta.
I've also skied deep powder fields with them.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hi and welcome 
My initial reaction is to skill up if you're struggling with the skis you've tried. You'll be able to go a little bigger then too, which will increase your options, as well as it being safer for you if you've got a wider pool of skills to pull from when you get off the beaten track and into trickier terrain.
Which size Superguides did you try? I'm a little bigger than you at 5'4" and 53kg, but ski 168 and 171 size skis off piste. You could probably get up to 160 or so with a rockered ski and not find it too big. The Scott Scrapper comes in a wide range of lengths, too.
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@davidof, 5' is about 152.5cm.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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5ft is 152cm. Mixing metric and imperial is something I do as I was brought up with both in the 70's. My height is something I know as an imperial measurement and would have to convert to metric as I just don't know it.
As to the original question I have no idea I'm afraid
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5ft is 152cm. Mixing metric and imperial is something I do as I was brought up with both in the 70's. My height is something I know as an imperial measurement and would have to convert to metric as I just don't know it.
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Ok thanks.
As an adide I think metric has been standard in British schools since the late 1960s... the op is Scottish based.
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I'm a bit bigger than you -- 5'6" and 58kg. I have K2 Wayback 88. 174cms with Dynafit somethings. Don't use them much as these days I mostly tele -- but they are very light, adaptable to pretty much anything other than rock hard piste. They have a small rocker so they ski shorter than you would expect. I think the 160cm would suit you down to the ground.
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)would probably give you a nice discount off that if you were buying ski, binding, skin & crampon package 
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