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Ski Size Chart

Ski Size Chart

Find your length in the chart for the line you're shopping, then read down to your ability. These are the same charts our team uses at demos, and the same ones behind the Ski Finder. Every number is a length Icelantic actually builds.

Men's & unisex skis

Recommended ski length by height and ability — men's and unisex models.
Skier height Beginner Intermediate Advanced Expert
4'10" / 147 cm 133 cm 143 cm 153 cm 155 cm
4'11" / 150 cm 143 cm 143 cm 153 cm 155 cm
5'0" / 152 cm 143 cm 155 cm 162 cm 166 cm
5'1" / 155 cm 153 cm 155 cm 166 cm 166 cm
5'2" / 157 cm 153 cm 155 cm 166 cm 171 cm
5'3" / 160 cm 153 cm 155 cm 166 cm 171 cm
5'4" / 163 cm 155 cm 155 cm 166 cm 171 cm
5'5" / 165 cm 155 cm 162 cm 166 cm 171 cm
5'6" / 168 cm 166 cm 171 cm 171 cm 176 cm
5'7" / 170 cm 166 cm 171 cm 176 cm 176 cm
5'8" / 173 cm 166 cm 171 cm 176 cm 182 cm
5'9" / 175 cm 171 cm 171 cm 176 cm 182 cm
5'10" / 178 cm 171 cm 171 cm 176 cm 182 cm
5'11" / 180 cm 171 cm 176 cm 182 cm 182 cm
6'0" / 183 cm 176 cm 176 cm 182 cm 182 cm
6'1" / 185 cm 176 cm 182 cm 188 cm 188 cm
6'2" / 188 cm 182 cm 182 cm 188 cm 188 cm
6'3" / 190 cm 182 cm 182 cm 188 cm 194 cm
6'4" / 193 cm 182 cm 182 cm 188 cm 194 cm

Women's skis

Recommended ski length by height and ability — women's models, tuned for different weight distribution and boot sizes.
Skier height Beginner Intermediate Advanced Expert
4'10" / 147 cm 133 cm 143 cm 150 cm 150 cm
4'11" / 150 cm 143 cm 143 cm 150 cm 150 cm
5'0" / 152 cm 143 cm 150 cm 155 cm 162 cm
5'1" / 155 cm 150 cm 150 cm 155 cm 162 cm
5'2" / 157 cm 150 cm 150 cm 155 cm 162 cm
5'3" / 160 cm 150 cm 155 cm 162 cm 169 cm
5'4" / 163 cm 155 cm 155 cm 162 cm 169 cm
5'5" / 165 cm 155 cm 162 cm 169 cm 169 cm
5'6" / 168 cm 155 cm 162 cm 169 cm 169 cm
5'7" / 170 cm 162 cm 162 cm 169 cm 176 cm
5'8" / 173 cm 162 cm 162 cm 169 cm 176 cm
5'9" / 175 cm 162 cm 169 cm 176 cm 176 cm
5'10" / 178 cm 169 cm 169 cm 176 cm 176 cm
5'11" / 180 cm 169 cm 169 cm 176 cm 182 cm
6'0" / 183 cm 169 cm 176 cm 182 cm 182 cm
6'1" / 185 cm 176 cm 176 cm 182 cm 188 cm
6'2" / 188 cm 176 cm 182 cm 188 cm 188 cm
6'3" / 190 cm 182 cm 182 cm 188 cm 188 cm
6'4" / 193 cm 182 cm 182 cm 188 cm 188 cm

Which ability column is yours?

  • Beginner — greens and easy blues, still building confidence.
  • Intermediate — comfortable on blues, starting to poke at blacks.
  • Advanced — blacks, bumps and trees are home turf.
  • Expert — if it's on the mountain, you ski it.

Between two sizes?

Both lengths will work. Which one you take comes down to how you like to ski.

Size down — toward the shorter length — if you:

  • are still building confidence, or ski mostly groomers
  • weigh less than average for your height
  • like short, quick turns and rarely open it up
  • are shopping a narrower carving ski with a tight turn radius

Size up — toward the longer length — if you:

  • ski fast and ski hard
  • weigh more than average for your height
  • spend most of your days off-trail, in powder or in the backcountry
  • are shopping a wider ski, a twin tip, or a ski with a lot of rocker

A shorter ski is easier to turn but less stable at speed. A longer ski is more stable and floats better in deep snow, but asks more of you to swing it around. A heavily rockered ski has less edge on the snow than its length suggests, so it can be skied a little longer than a comparable cambered ski.

Kids

Scout youth skis are built in 133, 143 and 153 cm. Size a young skier so the ski lands somewhere between their chin and the top of their head — chin for a first-timer, forehead once they're linking turns on their own.

Still not sure?

Take the Ski Finder. Seven questions, and it returns the ski and the exact length for your height and ability.

I. ORDER QUESTIONS

II. SIZING

III. CONSTRUCTION

IV. WARRANTY

V. PRODUCT & FIT

VI. DEMO & TRY BEFORE YOU BUY

VII. SUPPORT