K2’s Annex 108 is easy to ski on all kinds of big mountain terrain with an accuracy and predictability that provide a comforting level of confidence as soon as you get off the lift. Easy to get on edge, especially in hardpack, it is custom made for typical all-mountain conditions on either coast.

Off-piste, our testers found it preferred to sting like a bee and blow up crud, but in powder did not have the butterfly float. Sluff-ability also suffered, as the Annex preferred to point and arc. Buy this ski as your go-to choice for just about anything your average winter offers, but not as your big day gun when the snow control bombs serve as your alarm clock.