Big Mountain Adventure for Women

Black Crows Atris Birdie - Review 2025

By: Derek Doyle & Annie Gunton - Updated: April 2025

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Derek Doyle

Contributor at SlopeMagazine.com

Hailing from Aspen, Colorado, Derek began his skiing career in the illustrious Powder Pandas ski school program, eventually sort of growing up to ski professionally in slopestyle and big air, while moonlighting as a ski tuner and writer.

Now living in Colorado’s front range, Derek can be found among the i70 crowd racing to find hidden powder stashes on the back bowls of Vail, on Park Lane in Breckenridge, under the lights on Keystone, and returning home to the High Alpine steeps in Snowmass. When he's not skiing he’s wishing he was, or nerding out on mountain biking, climbing, and golf.

Annie Gunton

Editor at SlopeMagazine.com

Annie has lived on 4 continents and traveled through 6. Spending her time in places as different as London and the Kalahari she has adapted how she gets out and enjoys what’s around.

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Where to buy Black Crows Atris Birdie:

Backcountry

Evo

Is it better to be a jack-of-all-trades or be really proficient in certain areas? Or is it somehow possible to be both? For the Black Crows Atris Birdie, the answer is (almost) yes. This versatile, mid-100’s mm, semi-powder ski offers advanced women skiers a stable freeski that’s all smiles in (almost) every type of snow.

The Atris birdie shows off the most in off-piste conditions. The rocker profile in the tip and tail, paired with a moderate camber, powers through powder and ungroomed runs, and it absolutely shines in steeper sketchy runs. The poplar wood core gives these skis a fun, poppy feel that loves to jump off cornices, bumps, and jumps, and the twin tip design really gives it a freestyle DNA.

It is a bit wider than other skis in this niche category, and it isn’t the best carving ski on packed or groomed runs, but it still holds up well in bottom-of-the-mountain terrain.

Bottom line, if you’re looking for something right in the sweet spot between a freestyle and big mountain ski, the Atris Birdie should be circled and underlined on your shortlist this season.