Atomic Volant 5000 + MI 12 GW Skis 26/27
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PTO Verdict
“A groomer carver with the Volant 9000's sidecut and two steel layers, priced lowest of the three 26/27 Volants.”
Best for: Intermediate through expert carvers who live on groomed runs and want the stainless-steel Volant look, binding included.
Not for: Off-piste skiers: in powder or crud, 70 to 72 mm underfoot leaves little to float on, and Atomic's datasheet names no rocker. First-season skiers who still skid their turns will get more from a forgiving ski with some rocker. If your groomers turn soft and chopped by midday, look for more width than this.
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Description
The Atomic Volant 5000 + MI 12 GW is a narrow carving ski for groomed runs, built around two layers of steel and paired by Atomic with its own binding. Atomic files it under Piste, with Short and Long as its listed turn types. Atomic's own pitch is refined materials and a stainless-steel look, and its 26/27 press release presents the Volant line as hand-crafted in Altenmarkt, Austria, under a name that dates to 1989.
Inside is a Power Woodcore of ash and poplar, which Atomic says adds stability and damps vibration at speed. Atomic credits the two steel layers with edge grip and torsional stiffness. A full sidewall runs the length of the ski in a sandwich build under a laser-engraved stainless-steel top sheet, and the base gets Atomic's World Cup Base Finish.
The waist grows from 70 mm at 147 cm to 72 mm at 175 cm, and the radius from 12.5 m to 16.5 m, a meter per size. The profile is Atomic's Active Camber 0/100/0, which Atomic says puts more edge in contact with the snow for grip on icy slopes; no rocker appears in its datasheet or catalog list. Factory edges are 87° side and 1.0° base. The datasheet's one weight is for the 168 cm: 2,815 g per ski.
It suits skiers from intermediate up who ski groomed snow most days and want a stainless-steel Volant with the binding in the price. That floor is ours, not Atomic's. Its skill scale has three chips, and it lights every one: Beginner, Advanced and Expert. It has no business in powder or crud.
We help you choose the length and check your boot soles against the MI 12 GW. When you buy the ski and its binding together here, our technicians mount the binding free of charge.
Details
- Type
- SKI
- Vendor
- Atomic
- SKU
- AASS03756161
- UPC / GTIN
- 00887445538851
161 cm
Atomic Volant 5000 + MI 12 GW
By PTO Team, Based on Atomic’s published 26/27 specs, product pages and press release
Spec analysis of Atomic’s own data · Analysis dated
These 10-point scores express PTO's editorial assessment of suitability for each use. They are not customer ratings or instrumented measurements; the analysis below explains the trade-offs.
Specs
- Waist
- 70 mm (147 cm) · 70.5 mm (154 cm) · 71 mm (161 cm) · 71.5 mm (168 cm) · 72 mm (175 cm)
- Dimensions
- 147 cm: 109.5 / 70 / 97 · 154 cm: 111 / 70.5 / 98.5 · 161 cm: 112.5 / 71 / 100 · 168 cm: 114.5 / 71.5 / 102 · 175 cm: 116 / 72 / 103.5 (tip / waist / tail, mm)
- Turn radius
- 12.5 m (147 cm) · 13.5 m (154 cm) · 14.5 m (161 cm) · 15.5 m (168 cm) · 16.5 m (175 cm)
- Turn shape
- Short and Long (Atomic)
- Profile
- Active Camber 0/100/0; no rocker in the datasheet
- Core
- Power Woodcore, ash and poplar
- Steel
- Double Steel Powered: two layers of steel
- Sidewall
- Full Sidewall
- Topsheet
- Stainless-Steel Top, laser-engraved
- Base
- World Cup Base Finish
- Edge angles
- Side 87° · base 1.0°
- Weight
- 2,815 g per ski at 168 cm (Atomic's single-piece figure; its datasheet gives no other length)
- Skill level
- Lit on Atomic's scale: Beginner, Advanced, Expert
- Binding
- MI 12 GW, included in the price
- Lengths
- 147 cm, 154 cm, 161 cm, 168 cm, 175 cm
- Gender
- Unisex
The take
“A groomer carver with the Volant 9000's sidecut and two steel layers, priced lowest of the three 26/27 Volants.”
This ski is the Volant 9000's shape for $1,180 less. By Atomic's figures, the two have the same sidecut and radius at each of the five lengths. Both feature lists also name the same ash-and-poplar core, two steel layers, full sidewall, base finish and 87°/1.0° tune. The systems sell for $1,920 and $3,100.
Pay for the 9000 if you want every layer type on Atomic's three 26/27 Volant pages, along with its I 12 GW. Its feature list adds X Fiberglass, cross-woven glass layers that Atomic credits with power transmission and edge grip. Atomic's press release also calls the 9000's stainless-steel top sheet edge-to-edge. The 9000 weighs more: 3,358 g a piece at 168 cm against 2,815 g here. Neither ski's Atomic page gives a flex figure, so what those extras change on snow is a question the spec sheet doesn't answer.
For groomers that go soft and chopped by lunch, the Volant 7000 is the better pick. Atomic builds it 74 to 78 mm underfoot, with a radius of 14.7 to 17.5 m, and aims the extra width at piste that changes as the day goes on, from firm morning corduroy to afternoon slush. It comes with the same MI 12 GW, at $2,520. This ski is the narrower of the two, with a shorter radius at each step of the size run, so it fits the skier who mostly meets firm, groomed snow and likes a tighter turn. Off the piste, in powder or crud, a wider ski with some rocker beats either Volant.
This is a ski for someone who already carves, whatever Atomic's skill scale says. Every level on it is lit, Beginner included. The build argues for a higher floor. Atomic's datasheet lists Active Camber 0/100/0 and names no rocker. Add two steel layers, and this ski rewards a skier who rolls it onto its edge and lets the sidecut finish the turn. Someone in their first season, still skidding turns around, gets less help from that build.
The case for this ski rests on wanting a Volant on groomers. Atomic pitches the line on its stainless-steel look and Altenmarkt craft alongside how it skis. If that matters to you, look at this one before the two pricier Volants; if it doesn't, judge it against other narrow carvers on shape and build alone.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: System ski: its MI 12 GW is part of the package. Buy ski and binding here as one system and we install the binding free and size it to your boots. Our pick: Atomic MI 12 GW (comes with the ski).
- Atomic MI 12 GW (system binding)The binding Atomic pairs with this ski
Atomic sells ski and MI 12 GW together as one system, and the $1,920 price covers both. A technician works out the release value for each skier; this page gives no number.
Boot soles differ, so we try yours in the MI 12 GW rather than assume a fit. Buying ski and binding together from PTO makes the mount free, with the release value set by a technician.
Common Questions
- What changed on the Volant 5000 for 26/27?
- Atomic's 24/25 and 25/26 pages show a Dura Cap build, a 0.8° base edge, lengths from 150 to 170 cm and the M 10 GW binding, at $1,800. For 26/27 the ski gets a full sidewall, a 1.0° base edge, 147 to 175 cm lengths and an MI 12 GW, at $1,920. Reviews of the 24/25 or 25/26 ski don't carry over to this one.
- Which binding comes with the Volant 5000?
- The MI 12 GW; Atomic sells this ski as a system, so the $1,920 covers the binding too. Soles aren't all built to one standard, so we start by checking that your boot soles work with it. Ski and binding bought together at PTO are mounted free of charge, with a technician setting the release value.
- Which length should I choose?
- Lengths run 147 to 175 cm, each step up adding a meter of radius. Go shorter for tighter, quicker turns and longer for a bigger arc and more ski under you at speed. Tell us how you like to turn, plus your height and weight, and we'll suggest a length.
- How much does the Volant 5000 weigh?
- Atomic's datasheet gives 2,815 g per ski at 168 cm and no weight for its other four lengths. It doesn't say whether that figure includes the binding, so it may not compare directly with a flat-ski weight from another brand.
