1 / 4Stöckli Montero AW Skis 2026/2027 (also known as Stockli)
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PTO Verdict
“A Swiss-built women’s frontside carver: smooth, damp and precise on groomed snow — and honest about wanting nothing to do with deep snow.”
Best for: Women who spend most of the day carving groomed runs and want Swiss-built edge grip without a punishing ride — confident intermediates moving up to a premium frontside ski, and advanced carvers who like living on edge. It also fits real piste days: moguls, chopped snow and spring snow at the edges of the groomers.
Not for: Powder-first skiers: at 80 mm with a piste-first build, flotation was the weakest tested axis — 2 out of 10 in the 2025 test — and no length choice fixes that; the women's Nela 93 is the soft-snow pick in the same brand. Skiers who want a light, surfy, playful ride: Stöckli publishes no weight, the official 'lightweight' wording has no number behind it, and the 2025 tester called it quite heavy for its size — trust the tester over the brochure. And budget shoppers: $1,549 before bindings is premium Swiss pricing, and testers flagged the price as the main objection. If your season is mostly soft snow or your budget is mid-range, this is not your ski.
At a Glance
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Pair It With
Compatible ski bindings.
Flat-mount — any standard alpine binding is compatible.
Description
The Stöckli Montero AW is a women's all-mountain ski with an 80 mm waist — the comfort-oriented carver of Stöckli's Montero line, built in Switzerland. It is a sandwich construction around a poplar and beech wood core, finished with a racing-graphite base and a polyamide/TPU topsheet. The AW uses Stöckli's SF Softflex layup: individual layers are thinner and some use lighter materials, so the ski flexes with less effort from the skier.
The shape works in the same direction. Tip rocker with camber underfoot and an extended tail rocker make the ski easy to roll into and out of a turn, and the widest points sit further forward and back so the full edge engages early. Tilt it higher and the effective edge grows — short-feeling and agile at low angles, calmer as it is driven. Independent testers of this model describe the result as smooth, damp, precise carving: quiet on groomed snow and composed in bumps.
It suits women who ski groomed runs most of the day and want Swiss edge grip with a low-effort ride — from confident intermediates stepping up to advanced carvers who live on edge. Just as clearly, some skiers should skip it. At 80 mm, flotation was the weakest axis in the 2025 independent test, so powder-first skiers should look at Stöckli's women's Nela 93 instead. Skiers after a light, surfy feel should know the tension here: Stöckli's wording says "lightweight," yet the brand publishes no weight, and one tester found it noticeably heavy for its size. And it is a premium Swiss purchase.
Three lengths are offered — 150, 158 and 166 cm — with the turn radius growing as the length does. PTO sells it either flat or as a system pairing it with the Salomon Strive 11D purple demo binding and plate for the predrilled pattern. With the system option, our technicians mount and adjust the binding to your boot, and we will help you match length to how you ski.
Specs
- Lengths (cm): 150 / 158 / 166
- Sidecut (tip-waist-tail, mm): 122-80-106
- Turn radius: 150 cm: 12.6 m · 158 cm: 14.2 m · 166 cm: 16.0 m
- Construction: ALL MOUNTAIN CORE (Pappel light/Buche · Poplar light/Beech)
- Construction: AMR All Mountain Rocker
- Construction: TTF Tip and Tail Flex
- Construction: SME light Solid Metal Edge Light
- Construction: ACL Adaptive Contact Length
- Construction: FEC Full Edge Contact
- Construction: TR Tail Rocker
- Construction: SF Softflex
- Construction: LADY
- Construction: Base bevel 1.5°, Side bevel 2.0°
- Binding option: Salomon Strive 11D purple (Art. 156167961), predrilled D20
- Manufacturer article: 41040327-20
Details
- Type
- SKI
- Vendor
- Stöckli
- SKU
- 41040327-150
150 / None
Stöckli Montero AW
By PTO Team, Based on the manufacturer’s published specs and published third-party testing · Spec analysis and published third-party testing
The take
“A Swiss-built women’s frontside carver: smooth, damp and precise on groomed snow — and honest about wanting nothing to do with deep snow.”
Stöckli's Montero AW is the women's build of the Montero all-mountain line: an 80 mm Swiss sandwich ski whose defining choice is comfort. The SF Softflex layup uses thinner individual layers, some in lighter materials, so the ski bends with less input from the skier; softer flex zones at shovel and tail and forward-set contact points do the rest of the work of starting and finishing turns. Stöckli carries the AW into 26/27 unchanged, so the 2024 and 2025 independent tests below describe exactly this ski.
On groomed snow the Montero AW tests the way a Swiss carver should. The 2025 test on the 150 scored edge grip, stability and quickness 10 out of 10 and noted the ski likes to be high up on edge; a 2024-season tester called it a Cadillac — trust the ski and it will hold the carve. The 2024 testers found it precise, smooth and velvety, and composed in moguls: a damp, quiet ride rather than an energetic one.
The limits of the Montero AW are just as measurable. Flotation was the weakest score in the 2025 test — 2 out of 10 — and versatility sat mid-pack at 5 out of 10: whatever the all-mountain label says, this ski lives on piste and only visits everything else. On weight, the honest version is a tension: Stöckli's prose calls the design lightweight, but the brand publishes no weight for any Montero, and the 2025 tester called it quite heavy for its size — treat 'lightweight' as a marketing word until a number exists. Stöckli also publishes no metal layup for the AW; one independent review claimed full-length Titanal, which conflicts with the official tech block, so PTO does not repeat it. And high-speed manners look length-dependent: one 2024 tester found the 158 unnerving at very high speed and blamed the short length, while the 2025 tester scored stability on the even-shorter 150 at 10 out of 10.
Within Stöckli's line the choice is clean. Deep snow belongs to the women's Nela 93 (93 mm, Powder Rocker, freeride core), with the Nela 86 as the middle ground if the AW reads too piste-bound. Strong skiers chasing outright short-turn precision can step to the unisex Montero AS (76 mm), which skips the comfort-oriented Softflex build; the unisex Montero AX carries the same 80 mm waist in longer lengths.
The Montero AW comes in 150, 158 and 166 cm, all on the same sidecut, with the radius growing with length; the tester notes above argue for the 166 if you ski fast. PTO sells it at an SRP of $1,549 flat or $1,819 as a system adding Salomon Strive 11D purple demo and its plate. Flat or system, a technician mounts and adjusts the binding to your boot before the ski leaves the shop.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Sold flat or as a system; the ski comes predrilled for Salomon Strive demo bindings. Our pick: Salomon Strive 11D purple demo (the system configuration PTO stocks).
- Salomon Strive 11D purple demoThe system buy
Stöckli's 26/27 workbook lists the Strive 11D purple as the Montero AW's binding option; PTO's system skis include it, with the plate, for the ski's predrilled pattern.
Bring your boots at pickup — the binding is fitted and adjusted to them in the shop.
Common Questions
- Is the Stöckli Montero AW good for powder?
- No. The waist is 80 mm, the build is piste-oriented, and flotation was its weakest score in the 2025 independent test — 2 out of 10. For soft-snow days, Stöckli's women's Nela 93 (93 mm, Powder Rocker, freeride core) is the tool.
- Does the Stöckli Montero AW have metal in it?
- Stöckli does not publish a metal layup for the Montero AW. The official construction block lists a sandwich with a poplar/beech wood core, and no Titanal or Titec layer appears in it. One independent review claimed full-length Titanal; that conflicts with the official tech sheet, so we do not repeat it.
- How much does the Stöckli Montero AW weigh?
- Stöckli publishes no weight for the Montero AW — none is printed for any Montero model. The official prose calls the design lightweight, but there is no number behind the word, and the 2025 tester's read was the opposite: quite heavy for its size.
- What size Stöckli Montero AW should I get?
- It comes in three lengths — 150, 158 and 166 cm — all with the same 122-80-106 sidecut; the turn radius is 12.6 m on the 150, 14.2 m on the 158 and 16.0 m on the 166. Shorter means quicker turns. If you ski fast, size toward the 166: one 2024 tester found the 158 unnerving at very high speed and put it down to the short length.
- What bindings does the Stöckli Montero AW come with?
- PTO stocks the Montero AW two ways: flat, or as a system that adds the Strive 11D purple demo and its plate. Flat buyers are not stuck: the same predrilled pattern takes Salomon Strive demo bindings, and our technicians mount and adjust to your boot either way.
