Weston Backwoods Carbon Splitboard

$1,149.00 USD
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Features

  • Unique freeride shape with a wide tip, tapered tail, and 10mm of setback for great maneuverability and all-mountain performance
  • Upgraded, ultralight Phantom Hercules Clips & Phantom Spinners on the tip and tail for a reliable connection
  • Electra PTex 5920 Graphite Base is lightening fast and easy to repair
  • Saves 1lb from the regular Weston Backwoods
  • Description

    The Weston Backwoods Carbon splitboard is an all-mountain crusher for splitboarders who want to maximize weight savings and downhill performance. This carbon splitboard excels on all skin tracks--whether breaking trail, doing steep kick turns, or gliding over long distances. The volume-shifted shape gives riders complete control in all conditions—a splitboard for riders that loves deep powder, tight trees, and steep and tight lines.

    Tech Specs

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    Why We Like the Weston Backwoods Carbon Splitboard

    The Weston Backwoods Carbon Splitboard is one of the best boards for weight-focused splitboarders who want maximum performance on the skin track and the downhill. Weston's unique shape makes this board excel uphill and downhill. Riders should consider the Backwoods Carbon if they want a featherweight volume shifted board that is easy to kick turn in the skin track, while still providing impressive float in deep snow and control on the steeps.

    The shape of this board allows riders to size down without sacrificing nose width for float. The 10mm setback and tapered tail make this deck extremely easy to turn edge-to-edge. With total float, riders can focus on their freeride style. The Backwoods Carbon features a premium Electra P-tex 5920 Graphite base and a full carbon layup versus fiberglass.

    Weston designed the gold standard of carbon splitboards that are still fun to ride. The sustainable paulownia/poplar wood core has aluminum stingers and bamboo inserts to maintain a poppy feel and stability when traversing to the next powder stash.

    The elegant design of the Carbon Backwoods splitboard has riders trusting year after year and tour after tour. This year, the Phantom semi-active Hercules clips are new to the board to create the most responsive carbon board yet. These clips are lighter than Karakoram clips and feature fewer moving parts to ensure the splitboard is locked solid for the ride down.

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      Customer Reviews

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      Per D.
      Light in the skin track

      The backwoods is my favorite shape for riding powder and the carbon only steps it’s game up! This board is so light that you can concentrate on taking in the views instead of thinking about how heavy your setup is! This split is stiff and responsive on hardpack and is a dream floating effortlessly through powder.

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      Pete
      Quiver Killer

      The Backwoods Carbon Split is a dreamy do-it-all splitboard. Weston has really brought it all to the table with this one; the Backwoods is as comfortable on crust and hardpack as it is cruising through waist-deep pow and launching off pillows and drops. Quick, responsive, fun, hard-charging, and so so light. After putting more than 100 days of BC backcountry on the Backwoods Carbon Split last season, I was never left wanting for something else underfoot. I literally have 3 other splitboards and only rode this one (with the exception of the early season rockboard... couldn't risk it).

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      Tyler W.
      Pow Split not just for Pow

      Backwoods 160 Carbon Split
      Rider: Male 5’10 185 LBS (Not including pack)
      Boots: Phantom Atomic Backland Pro 27.5
      Bindings: Phantom M6
      Skins: Jones Nomad Pro
      I decided to test the Backwoods Carbon 160 split and Ridgeline 162 split in the same 4 zones in Tahoe in early December. Generally for 3 of the 4 zones you start around 6600’ and summit at around 9000’. Early season brings variable and elevation dependent snow. With some storms and zones you can yo-yo the top ½ to 2/3 of the area, have lunch, and get the better snow at the higher elevations. This worked out great for testing these boards in great snow up top and difficult snow at the bottom.
      The uphill. The first 800’-900’ were firm on the skin track, which is pretty standard for the skin track in this zone. I’m generally pretty quick to put on my Split Crampons around here as I’ve been humbled too many times. These days were no different. About 200’ before the bench the wetter “Sierra Cement” transitioned into classic blower pow on many of the early days.
      I was a bit concerned with how a board with so much taper, and designed for Pow, would handle touring up steep, frozen hard pack shin tracks. I tried multiple different styles of kick turns and round turns. The board toured uphill great with the perfect toe piece placement giving you a slight upward angle as you lifted your foot. I thought the shape might prove difficult when following a established skin track but this wasn’t an issue, even when we encountered breakable crust.
      The Ride. There was a ton of SWE and snow density changes within the upper snowpack between storms and during storms as well. The Backwoods did great in all of them. If there was one condition that it didn’t perform well on it was when we’d get it to the elevations where it rained on top of snow. It felt classically sluggish and slow in those conditions, but most of the boards I’ve been on in these conditions felt that way. It didn’t help this was in flatter terrain. On the lower elevation, variable frozen ice tracks I knew we would encounter I was pretty skeptical, especially for a carbon board and a hard boot set up. While this certainly was a standout as far as performance, no turning ice to pow here, I was generally impressed with how this tapered, carbon, stiff, set up was able to keep and edge and blast over the frozen used snow. It was significantly better then some of the other boards I’ve used in these same conditions. The board has great energy and dampening at higher speed traverses and holds an edge great. This is only the 5th carbon I’ve tried. I did not notice a big difference in torsional rigidity or overall stiffness in comparison to the solid non carbon version. I think that’s one of the best things about this board is you can demo or buy the solid version first then bring it to the backcountry. I’ve demo’d, rented, borrowed, tested, used, and worked on somewhere around 15-18 different split boards from 7 different manufacturers. Most boards were pretty good but had one area of needed improvement. The Backwoods 160 Carbon Split is now my go to board when I’m Guiding in the Snowcat. If I knew I was on a bit more variable conditions or with less snow I’d use the Ridgeline 162. You really can’t go wrong with either of these in the solid or split versions. They are backed by a 4 year warranty which from a guiding perspective is a great added luxury. I’m careful with my equipment but on it often. I’m confident on this board and highly recommend it, especially if your going to be on good snow. TW

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      Pat S.
      Jaw dropping performance in a lightweight package!

      Who says you cant charge hard on carbon definitely never road the Carbon Backwoods. It floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee!

      I was shocked and almost worried by how light it was the first time I held it. A few days later I was standing at the top of an icy couloir with my axe in hand. The conditions were absolutely awful but the Carbon backwoods didn't care. It made quick work out the situation and I was absolutely blown away by the performance. usually there's some kind of sacrifice getting boards that light. The Carbon backwoods proved thats no longer true! You'll be thankful for its weight savings on those long days and deep trail breaking while providing confidence inspiring performance and a damp ride in any terrain you can throw it at!

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      Ben C.
      Ask a Question: Demo days??
      Weston carbon split

      Been out on it three times. Gives me a new, better look at the local mountain. Ready to find some new lines. Game changer. Life changer. Get one and save money on a pass the next decade.

      Light, functional. Easy to use ARC bindings. Pomoca skins look like artwork hanging on the wall.

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      Evan C.
      Description is spot on

      Been on this deck for a season and half now. I love the carbon. I've demoed a couple other brands carbons and this one feels really good. It really is as amazing as the description makes it sound.

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      Christopher C.
      Light is right!

      Whether you are getting your first split or you've decided to finally make the jump to a carbon board you are going to love this thing! I've ridden multiple boards from Voile, OZ, and Weston and I am a Backwoods convert. I ride the 157 with a Spark hardboot setup and I have never used a better touring machine. The board performed really well after 60 plus days of use last season and I was super impressed with how the bases held up after a particularly rocky descent in the Tobacco Roots in Montana. If you want a sweet powder board that holds up well in big mountain terrain this is the board you need!!

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      Lawson Y.
      Next level awesome splitboard

      Backwoods Carbon is an awesome toy and a killer tool in the backcountry. The light weight and longitudinal stiffness make it great for precision skinning. Even when the skin track has exposed roots and ice slicks and slippy sidehills.
      Its just a blast on the downhill too. The light swing weight, plus the solid feel, is confidence inspiring in high consequence steep terrain. And the directional shape makes it perform delightfully in more playful terrain.
      Highly recommend!

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      Josh
      This board is unreal!

      I took this deck on a split board traverse of the entire Sangre de Cristo Range. Over the course of 13 days, and more than 100 miles of travel this thing ripped and felt light the whole way. I beat this thing up and it continued to perform. Not to mention we had almost 70 pound packs, and riding under that load felt like no big deal, especially ripping down the South Couloir on Crestone Peak.