CAPiTA Navigator Split Snowboard 26/27

The CAPiTA Navigator Split is CAPiTA's Navigator built as a splitboard for touring. At 155 to 164 cm it keeps the solid board's waist widths, taper, sidecut radii and reference stance, and CAPiTA gives it the label Powder Seeker, where the solid Navigator reads Powder / Resort. CAPiTA's own pitch is plain: sidecountry missions and terrain out of bounds, or a skin up a resort line where uphill travel is allowed.

The Navigator Split's shape explains the descent. A 0.8 in setback and 11.6 to 13.9 mm of taper let the narrower tail sink while the wider nose stays up, so you spend less effort leaning back in deep snow. The Parabolic sidecut, which CAPiTA lists for the two Navigators only, prints a smaller middle value in each radius set, 8.1 / 7.0 / 8.1 m on the 158. CAPiTA says the shape turns more quickly in the center, which suits trees and tight powder lines.

Resort V2 Directional camber is the Navigator Split's uphill argument. Camber runs through the inserts, and CAPiTA links that camber underfoot to controlled ascents; the same platform is what holds an edge when the exit run turns firm. Reverse camber and Flat Kick arcs at each end lift the contact points for float.

Against the solid Navigator, the split is the firmer build on CAPiTA's flex numbers: Directional 6 with HolySheet TRI/TRI glass, where the solid board is Directional 5.5 with TRI/BI and a Hover Core. The split uses CAPiTA's 3D Ascend 2 Split Core and two 30 mm Technora Flax Boosters. The solid board adds a 167, and its effective edge runs 3 to 13 mm shorter at the shared lengths.

The Mega Split is the other way to go. CAPiTA builds it as its lightweight-first split, with a 3D Ascend 1 core, Pure MegaCarbon glass, a MegaLite topsheet and a MegaDrive XT base, rated Directional 7. It also uses a Death Grip progressive sidecut and no taper. CAPiTA publishes no weight for either board. Choose the Mega Split when grams on the climb matter most; choose the Navigator Split when you want the solid Navigator's shape under you once the skins come off.

Sizing the Navigator Split follows CAPiTA's weight table: 130-190 lb on the 155, 150-200 on the 158, 160-210 on the 161 and 170-220+ on the 164. There is no wide size, so boots are checked against the 25.2 to 26.4 cm waist. CAPiTA packs Union Expedition skins and Union Pro clips and hooks with the board; a splitboard binding is not included, and CAPiTA names no binding pairing. Avalanche training, rescue gear and partners come before any of it.