Rossignol Sender 110 OPEN
By PTO Team, Based on Rossignol's official specs, the 26/27 catalog and our own order book · Construction and geometry analysis, with no third-party test data on this ski
The take
“Real carbon and titanal, and real weight to match - a big-mountain freeride ski built to float and hold a fast line, not to carve hardpack.”
The Rossignol Sender 110 Open earns its price on one honest point: the metal is real. Rossignol's structured reinforcement field lists a Carbon Alloy Matrix and a Titanal Beam, and its technology list names both. The proof is the Sender 100 sitting one rung down the same line, sharing the twin rocker, the full sidewall and the Air Tip, whose reinforcement field is blank. The field prints metal when metal is present and stays empty when it is not, so on the 110 the carbon and titanal are findings rather than adjectives. A titanal beam and a full sidewall add torsional stiffness and damp chatter; Rossignol's words for the result are a predictable, powerful feel, and for once those words sit on construction that is genuinely in the ski.
Read the weight the same way. At roughly 2.05 kg per ski at 176 cm and 2.2 kg at 184, this is a substantial ski, and the mass is the feature: the weight steadies it at speed and helps it push through chop that shoves a lighter ski around. Rossignol's phrase 'keeps it light' describes the poplar core, not the finished ski, and it should not be read as a light ski, because it is not one. The twin rocker and Air Tip still keep it playful for its class - loose enough to slash, smear and ride switch. The turn shape agrees: the radius runs 16 to 22 m across the run, and 19 to 20 m at our two lengths - a long, big-mountain arc that wants terrain and speed, not quick slalom turns.
The comparison that routes the sale sits inside the line. The Sender 100 Open is $200 less, at $699.95, and the extra money buys the titanal beam, the carbon and 10 mm of waist. The 100 is metal-free, lighter and narrower, so it is the quicker, more playful ski for mixed inbounds terrain or a tighter budget; the 110 is the answer for deep snow, speed and big lines. Both are sold flat. On hard groomers a dedicated frontside carver out-holds and out-carves either of them, which is a different job and not a fault here.
No independent on-snow test of this ski exists yet. It is new for 26/27 and pre-season, so every judgment here is read off construction and geometry, not a test, and the single brand-hosted rating on Rossignol's page is not one we lean on. It comes in four lengths, 168 to 191, and we stock the 176 and 184; the radius grows a meter or two with each size, so the length you pick is also the turn you get. And the price is ski-only at $899.95 - budget a binding and a mount on top.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Flat ski - the binding is a separate purchase and needs mounting. Our pick: Look Pivot 15 GW B115.
- Look Pivot 15 GW B115The pairing Rossignol names
Rossignol prints this binding against the Sender 110 on its own catalog page, so it is the factory pairing rather than a shop pick. A 115 mm brake is the correct width for the 110 mm waist. We set the brake to the length you take home.
The Sender 110 Open ships flat, so a binding, its mounting and setup are a separate job on top of the ski price. Your release setting is a technician's calculation from your height, weight, age, boot sole length and skier type, and it is tested on a machine - it is not a number to read off a web page. Bring the boots you will actually ski in.
Common Questions
- Does the Rossignol Sender 110 Open come with bindings?
- No - it is sold flat, which is what OPEN means. The $899.95 is the price of the skis alone; a binding and a mount are extra on top. Rossignol pairs it with a Look Pivot 15 GW B115, and we mount and size whichever binding you pick in the shop.
- Rossignol Sender 110 or Sender 100 - what does the extra $200 buy?
- Metal and width. The Sender 110 adds a Carbon Alloy Matrix, a Titanal Beam and 10 mm of waist over the Sender 100, whose reinforcement field is empty. At $899.95 against $699.95 the 110 has the width and metal to float, damp and hold a fast line; the metal-free 100 is lighter, quicker and more playful for mixed terrain or a tighter budget. Both are sold flat.
- Is the Sender 110 Open a good carving ski?
- Not on hard snow. At 110 mm underfoot with twin rocker at both ends it is slow edge-to-edge on hardpack, and a narrower cambered ski out-carves it there. Its turn shape is a long 19 to 20 m at our lengths, built to run fast and hold an open arc, not to make short slalom turns. It skis a groomer to reach the good snow; it does not live there.
- How much does the Rossignol Sender 110 Open weigh?
- Per ski: 2.05 kg at 176 cm and 2.2 kg at 184 cm - per ski, not per pair. One warning about Rossignol's own spec table: it is headed kg/pair, but the numbers under it are per ski. The catalog confirms it, printing 4.4 kg per pair at 184, which is 2.2 doubled. On this ski the weight is a feature - it is what keeps it steady at speed.
- What size Rossignol Sender 110 Open should I get?
- We stock the 176 and 184 out of a four-length run of 168 to 191 cm. The radius stretches with length - 19 m at the 176, 20 m at the 184 - so a longer ski is also a longer, more stable turn. It is an expert big-mountain ski that wants to be driven, so most skiers size at their height or up, and heavier, faster skiers lean to the 184. Bring your boots: it is sold flat, so length, brake width and mount get set in one conversation.
- Is the Sender 110 the most powder-focused ski Rossignol makes?
- No - the wider Sender 118 sits above it for pure deep-snow float, and we do not stock it. The Sender 110 is the middle of Rossignol's freeride line: at 110 mm with twin rocker and an Air Tip it floats well and still skis the whole mountain, where the 118 is the more specialized powder tool. For most one-ski freeride buyers the 110 is the more useful width.
