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PTO Verdict
“Same printed outline as the resort 112. You just have to carry this one.”
Best for: Skiers who earn their powder turns. At 1,420 to 1,716 grams a ski this is light for 112 mm of width, and that weight is the whole reason to choose it over a resort ski with the same printed outline. It rewards a skier who drifts and slashes through soft snow and through trees rather than one who commits to a long line, and it is the widest of the four Pagoda Tour CFL models without crossing into DPS's limited Powderworks batch.
Not for: Firm snow. The five-item list itemises no metal layer, the waist is 112 mm, and DPS makes no groomer claim for it in either official source — treat hardpack as the way back to the car. It is also the wrong ski for long, high-speed arcs across open faces, where a 15 m sidecut fights you and the 21 m Lotus Tour 117 is the touring shape drawn for the job. Skip it if you ride lifts: the Lotus 112 publishes the identical outline and carries 270 to 387 grams more per ski, and that mass is what settles a wide ski in cut-up snow. And skip it if you want a number behind the damping claim, because DPS names flax as the answer without publishing anything to measure it by.
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Description
DPS Pagoda Tour CFL 112 is a 112mm touring ski with a 15m turn radius, the widest ski in DPS's four-model Pagoda Tour CFL series. It is drawn to be carried uphill and then pointed at deep snow on the way back down.
The build is DPS's carbon-and-flax stack: a high modulus full carbon plus flax laminate over a paulownia core, Rockwell 48 steel edges, and a World Cup race base carrying the Phantom Glide treatment. DPS's account of that laminate is that carbon supplies energy and strength, flax supplies natural dampening, and a light wood core keeps the ski light for climbing yet durable and reactive for descending. The five-item construction list names no metal layer.
Shape does the float work. DPS publishes a 45% rocker to 55% effective edge split and credits the rocker profile together with the tip taper for float in deep snow, while a 15m sidecut under 112mm of waist is what lets a ski this wide drift and slash instead of tracking a long line.
Weights run 1,420 grams a ski at 158cm to 1,716 grams at 189cm, light for this much width and the reason to take it over a resort ski. It is not a firm-snow tool: 112mm underfoot, no metal layer in the listed laminate, and neither DPS's catalog nor its product page makes a groomer claim. Nor is it drawn for long, high-speed arcs — 15m is a short sidecut, and DPS builds the 21m Lotus Tour 117 on the same touring layup for exactly that.
Five lengths, 158 through 189cm, at $1,695, with the radius fixed at 15m throughout, so choosing a length changes float and swing weight, not the published turn radius. Sold flat. Talk to us about the binding before you order — PTO stocks resort bindings, and this ski is asking for something else.
Specs
- Waist: 112mm
- Turn radius: 15m
- Profile: Tip/tail rocker 45% / effective edge 55%
- Shape: Lightweight touring, powder-oriented
- Core: Paulownia wood core
- Construction: High-modulus full carbon + flax laminate; Rockwell 48 steel edges; World Cup race base with Phantom Glide
- Weight: ~1,591g per ski (178cm)
- Lengths: 158 / 168 / 178 / 184 / 189
Details
- Type
- SKI
- Vendor
- DPS
- SKU
- S-PT112-158YE-PH
- UPC / GTIN
- 853557004591
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DPS Pagoda Tour CFL 112
By PTO Team, Based on the official DPS 26/27 workbook and dpsskis.com specs, read alongside six sibling DPS product pages to separate model-specific statements from brand-wide page furniture · Spec and construction analysis
The take
“Same printed outline as the resort 112. You just have to carry this one.”
DPS lists two skis at 112mm for 26/27, and their spec tables print the same outline, figure for figure: the same five lengths, shovels of 138 to 141 mm, tails of 122 to 129 mm, 15 m at each size, and matching 45%/55% badges. The Lotus 112 is the resort one. This is the version you skin on, and it comes in 270 to 387 grams a ski under the Lotus at matching lengths. A comparison that is normally a mess of overlapping trade-offs collapses into one question: who is doing the climbing.
The pricing runs the wrong way round. The touring version lists at $1,695 and the resort version at $1,795, both on DPS's own site the same day. DPS does not publish a reason for the difference on either official source, so read the $100 as pricing and not as a verdict on either ski.
Two things to hold loosely. First, that outline match covers what DPS prints. Rocker line length, taper profile and camber underfoot are published for neither ski, so the match cannot be pushed past the printed outline. Second, the damping argument belongs to DPS, not to us and not to a lab. DPS explains the flax here — energy and strength from the carbon, natural dampening from the flax. It repeats the same line across all four Pagoda Tour CFL pages, though the Powderworks Lotus Tour 117, which runs the same laminate, does not carry it. How much damping that actually recovers on a ski with no metal layer in the list is a figure DPS does not publish on this ski's page, in its workbook, or on its sibling Pagoda Tour pages. DPS's own product page reproduces a passage from an independent review, selected by DPS, to the effect that the ski is more nimble than its width would suggest.
Sizing is unusually simple, because the radius never moves: length is a float and swing-weight decision. DPS's own chart sits its advanced column one size above its beginner column through the first four height bands; and in the top band the intermediate column closes up to it as well. We ordered the 178, 184 and 189 this season — that is what we bought, not what is on the rack today.
Inside the series this is the deep end — the 94 and 100 are the efficiency picks, the 105 stretches out to 18 m. It is not the widest ski DPS builds on this construction: the Powderworks Lotus Tour 117 is 5 mm wider on a 21 m sidecut, drawn to arc where this one comes around.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Flat ski — sold without bindings. DPS offers a recommended mount point in its own order flow but does not publish the distance from center or tail, so no figure is quoted here. Our pick: A touring binding — PTO does not stock one, so this is a judgement about intended use rather than a shop pick.
- A touring binding (not stocked by PTO)The job this ski was drawn for — going uphill
This is a dedicated touring ski at 1,420 to 1,716 grams a ski, so a touring binding is the point of owning it. That is a judgement about intended use, not a compatibility ruling. PTO stocks resort bindings, and a resort binding would spend the weight advantage the ski is built around. On its own product page DPS badges one of its own alpine touring models as recommended, and sells a pre-trimmed climbing skin cut for this ski alongside it. Talk to us before ordering so the ski and the binding get decided together.
DPS does badge a recommended pairing for this ski on its own product page — one of its own alpine touring bindings, shown there beside three alternatives. PTO stocks resort bindings, so we are not offering an in-store pairing for a touring ski. Mounting and release settings are handled by a technician at fitting.
Common Questions
- What is the difference between the DPS Pagoda Tour CFL 112 and the Lotus 112?
- On paper, the outline is the same: five lengths of 158 to 189 cm, tips of 138 to 141 mm, a 112 mm waist, tails of 122 to 129 mm, 15 m at every length, and matching 45% rocker badges. The build is not: this one runs a carbon-and-flax laminate on a paulownia core at 1,420 to 1,716 grams a ski; the Lotus 112 uses a full carbon laminate over poplar at 1,698 to 2,103 grams. That is 270 to 387 grams a ski, at matching lengths; buy this one if you climb.
- Is the DPS Pagoda Tour CFL 112 good on groomers?
- Not its job. No metal layer appears in the five-item construction list, the waist is 112 mm, and neither the workbook nor the product page claims on-piste performance for it. Firm snow is the ride back, not a reason to buy.
- What does the flax in the DPS Pagoda Tour CFL 112 actually do?
- DPS says the carbon brings energy and strength and the flax brings natural dampening, and that the light wood core lets it stay climbing-weight while remaining durable and reactive on the way down. That is the brand explaining its own laminate. DPS publishes no figure for how much damping the flax recovers on this ski’s page, in its workbook, or on its sibling Pagoda Tour pages, so treat it as a stated design intent rather than a measured figure.
- How light is the DPS Pagoda Tour CFL 112?
- 1,420 grams a ski at 158 cm, 1,520 at 168, 1,591 at 178, 1,644 at 184 and 1,716 at 189 — per ski, not per pair. Those figures are DPS’s own, and they are what makes a 112 mm ski defensible on a skin track.
- What length DPS Pagoda Tour CFL 112 should I get?
- The radius is 15 m at all five lengths, so length changes surface area and swing weight rather than the published turn radius. DPS publishes a chart by height and ability, and its advanced column sits one size above its beginner column through the first four height bands. PTO ordered the 178, 184 and 189 this season; that is our buy, not a statement about the rack today; we help settle it in the shop.
- Does the DPS Pagoda Tour CFL 112 come with skins or bindings?
- No — it is sold flat, so bindings are a separate purchase, and PTO stocks resort bindings rather than touring ones — talk to us before ordering. DPS badges one of its own alpine touring bindings as recommended on its product page and sells a 112 mm pre-trimmed skin cut for this ski in three length bands. Mounting and release settings are handled by a technician at fitting.
