2024 Salomon Stance 90

Smooth, powerful, yet approachable. Want a quintessential New England all-mountain experience? Look no further.

Editors Note: Salomon has renamed their Stance family of skis for the 2026 model year. Construction, shaping, and performance for the new Stance skis are exactly the same, just with a new name and topsheet graphic. For 2026 and 2027, the Stance Pro 90 is the same ski as this 2024 Stance 90.

Image courtesy of SkiEssentials.com

Initial Thoughts & Construction

While it isn’t really fair to initially compare skis to their competitors, I can’t help but contextualize the Stance family of skis through the lens of the Enforcer series from Nordica. Both are meant to be strong, smooth, and capable all-mountain offerings from some of the heaviest hitting brands on the market. Both models achieve those goals and go even further beyond, but in different ways.

Enforcers are rugged, relentless, and hulking. There’s a reason so many New-Englanders gravitate towards them, as they’re often the most powerful ski in their class. They push you to ski quicker and more aggressively, and they can likely go faster than you can drive them.

The Stance 90 from Salomon achieves nearly all of the power the Enforcer does. A skilled skier can navigate a similar slope on both skis at the same pace. Where the Enforcer encourages even greater speeds, the Stance enunciates its compliance and looseness instead, all while maintaining an exceptional performance ceiling. In my opinion, many skiers and riders could benefit from clicking into a Stance 90, because they would discover a world where performance, forgiveness, and ease-of-use can coexist so nicely.

Salomon gives the Stance 90 a poplar and karuba wood core, and compliments it with lots of high end tech and materials. There are two layers of titanal in the Stance, bringing a lot of power and strength to the ski. Salomon also mills out portions of the top layer of metal and fills it in with carbon and basalt. They state these materials provide energy and dampness, while keeping the weight down a bit, too. You can see one of the windows when you look straight down at the 90, with a slot of metal seemingly absent near the binding zone up to about the start of the rocker and shovel.

A 182 cm Stance 90 weighs in at a stated 1800 grams, and I measured 1875 with my personal pair. Salomon does a good job here providing top end power without the penalty of lots of weight.

A fast and firm morning featuring Gondolier and Perry Merrill at Stowe Mountain Resort.

Ideal Application

While primarily being a firm and burlier option, the Stance 90 is an exceptionally usable tool for us here in Northeast. The wider shovel and taper you find from the shaping profile provides solid float for it’s width. While not designed nor intended for truly deep snow, the Stance holds its own quite well when theres soft snow to be found. There’s notable strength to be found here, with great edge grip when things get icy or a bit firmer. The Stance 90 will let you bend it, but can be relied on for serious stability and strength. This ski is no slouch, and it definitely skis accordingly. Skiers and riders with a strong set of legs will find a lot to like here, and the Stance can handle some demanding terrain at higher speeds, with seldom an issue.

The Stance has carved out a place in my quiver for when the terrain gets tough and conditions are unknown. From the dozen days I spent on the 90 this season I’ve admired it for it’s willingness to do most of I want, however hard I wanted to push it. I don’t go full speed down every run, but I collect fast turns and higher edge angles when I’m able to. For those runs, I prefer to have something on my feet that will allow me go a fast with confidence. More importantly, however, I don’t like it when a ski is going to fight me if I make a minor mistake.

While I find demanding and precise skis (think Enforcer or Volkl Mantra) rewarding, I also believe they’re a bit taxing. Maybe I’m just a bit lazy and don’t want to work that hard, but teeth-gritting focus and precision turns all the time gets old for me.

That is where the Stance impresses me. The 90 allows me to get the performance and power I want, while rarely fighting me. Not never, but rarely. If the Stance talked back to me, I deserved it, and it was not the skis fault. For that, I give it high marks.

Lazy River is a winding blue square at Sunday River, connecting the top of the popular Barker lift to the mid-mountain Spruce Triple chair and the center of the mountain. Switch back S-turns at the beginning of the cruiser provide a fun opportunity to be creative, and while I wouldn't go out of my way to describe the Stance 90 as creative, it’s perfectly willing to tackle unique and creative terrain. Even with a longer turn radius, the Stance 90 was willing to carry good speed into the somewhat abrupt switchback turns, which I thought was a highlight.

As you continue along Lazy River and intersect with the rest of the mountain, there are multiple side hits and bumps that form as the trails come together, where I found myself taking an unexpected journey off a nearly invisible frozen mogul. Most skis with two full sheets of metal would be a nightmare in this scenario, but thankfully the 90 retains a good amount suppleness to it’s flex. When I clanked back down onto some tough and uneven hardpack, I scampered away relieved the ski didn’t bite back too hard. It kept me upright and composed much more than I anticipated. Firmer and stronger skis might’ve kicked me into the backseat, and a softer ski might’ve struggled to keep me entirely upright. The Stance 90 being somewhere in the middle is why it shines.

I continued down to American Express, which gets chopped up early on weekends, the Stance confidently cruises through manky snow. They don’t get deflected often, and maintain a great deal of confidence underfoot. The Stance 90 provides that type of reliability coupled with a supple luxury of not being too rough on you if you get a fine detail or input wrong.

With the smooth and consistent flex of the Stance 90, it’s willing to be jammed into a slightly shorter radius than the stated 19m turn shape in the 182 cm length. You need appropriate snow or to use some strength to bend the ski into these turns and can’t be too lazy, but it wont be that upset about it. Not the most engaging ski, but the 90 is very fun to carve on. Smooth and consistent arcs, with plenty of grip to be had relatively far up the sidecut. It’s strong underfoot, but is reliable and you can lean into the long camber underfoot to achieve some great turns.

The Numbers

Sizes available: 168 cm, 176 cm, 182 cm, 188 cm

Sidecut: 128 mm (tip) - 90 mm (waist) - 110 mm (tail) (182 cm)

Turn Radius: 19m (182cm)

Quiv3r Measured Weight: 1875 grams (182 cm)

Quiv3r Measured Length: ~181 cm (182 cm)

Mount Points: One recommended point, recommended line is about -10 cm from center.

2026 Quiv3r Ski Test Scores

Tested by: Collin Wiedersheim

Days skied: ~12

Boots: 2025 Salomon S/Pro Supra 130, 27.5 Mondo, custom footbeds

182cm length, Salomon Strive 14 mounted at factory recommended line

Final ThougHts

The Stance 90 is an easy reach for me. When you need a dependable ski for whatever you’ll find yourself uncovering on the slopes that day, it’s a no-brainer. It might not be as maneuverable in the bumps and the woods as it’s in-brand cousin, the QST’s, the Stance 90 is happy to let you adventure off trail. A dependable and relatively forgiving ski, the Stance 90 make a ski day easier, as you don’t have to think about it too much nor try too hard. They don’t evoke the same emotions from me that the QST 106 did, but I admire the Stance 90. I admire it for what it lets me do, and that it lets me do it how I want to.