The Best All-Mountain Snowboards of 2024

For confidently charging all over the mountain in a myriad of conditions, the Stranda Snowboards Women’s Descender Snowboard ($679) is among our new favorite rides. Hard pack, ice, groomers, chopped pow, tight trees, deep snow — she does it all with play and bite. 

On the slightly stiffer end of the spectrum yet built with a paulownia-ash-poplar core, Stranda found an excellent harmony between stout dependability and pop. We have a blast ollieing off small cliffs and through the park’s jump line yet don’t worry about washing out or squirrely carves under pressure. 

Maneuverability? Gold. We loved ripping this whip through tight glades even on dense days underfoot. Edge to edge the board transitions fairly quickly and easily without being catchy or too aggressive. Likewise, the edge hold while cutting across hardpack and 40-degree slopes is top-notch — we were able to carry speed and energy without losing security. No fall zones? No problem. Traverse city? The Descenders got you, and you can even take a rest as you stride.

While the sidecut radius isn’t the most prolific on this board — favoring moderate to hugged turns versus mega sweeping arches — and the directional shape makes riding switch second tier, the Stranda Snowboards Women’s Descender Snowboard is one of the most fun, dependable all-mountain sticks in our quiver.

The Burton Stylus Flat Top Snowboard ($400) lets you steer the ship. This comfy board doesn’t whip you around. It’s a perfect entry-level design for folks working on their foundation of linking fluid turns, getting speedier laps on the blues, and learning how to ollie.

In part, we can thank the construction and sandwich of materials, including the wood core and Biax fiberglass laminate. The latter has a soft torsional flex that’s forgiving rather than snappy.

The symmetrical nose, tail, and overall shape provide a balanced feel, which lends itself to learning to ride switch. Catching an edge with this board isn’t easy to do, given the convex base hovers its metal edges above the snow and there’s a nonaggressive bevel.

The Burton Stylus Flat Top Snowboard is a versatile board that can suit a wide range of riders. The price tag isn’t shabby, either.

The GNU Ladies Choice ($630) holds a sturdy edge and cuts chatter down boilerplate moguls and hard-as-nails groomers, yet rips deep powder in the steeps.

This board handles wild variability like a pro. The twin-shaped design features a trademarked technology called Magne-Traction. The board’s edges are wavy instead of straight, increasing hold, especially on tough surfaces.

The asymmetric design — meaning, there’s a deeper heelside sidecut — helped balance transitions. We experienced zero wobbles in wide carves, on quick turns, or through ice chunks. It was secure on hard roller landings.

The hybrid shape (called C2x) is still flexible and playful. The GNU Ladies Choice has rocker between the feet, camber beneath the feet, and rocker on the ends. For increased control this season, we adjusted for lengthened camber and less rocker in the middle.

This board’s silhouette is really fun for charging moguls as well. Overall, this is a great choice for the intermediate to advanced rider. It’s our pick for the best all-mountain snowboard for women.

With that mellow nose and tail rocker, the Lib Tech Cortado C2 ($530) floats with ease through powder yet bites hardpack with camber beneath the feet. A quarter of the core is Paulownia, an extremely lightweight yet tenacious wood, which is partially wrapped with a fairly stiff fiberglass laminate for moderate drive.

The edge features Magne-Traction, which jigsaws back and forth with high points that cut into the snow and hold extremely well on iffy surfaces.

All these elements equal a controlled rider experience that’s secure, fun, and a bit playful, even for some jibs. For the intermediate athlete, this board delivers across diverse terrain from ridgelines to glades. For beginners, the Lib Tech Cortado C2 provides forgiveness but won’t hold you back as you improve.

The Jones Women’s Flagship Snowboard ($700) is a stiff, powerful, freeride-focused board with a contoured base that provides effortless float and turn initiation as well as a solid board-to-snow connection.

Also known as the 3D contour or spoon 3.0 base, the surf-inspired trait means the edges in the nose and tail are beveled by 7 mm — a subtle adjustment that creates a spoon shape.

The directional shape likewise allows quick turn initiation, even while accelerating down the steeps. And if this snowboard’s core was a music genre, it’d be heavy metal. The blend includes robust and light Paulownia wood plus bamboo stringers, all held together with a triple layer of relatively stiff fiberglass laminate.

For experts, this Jones Women’s Flagship Snowboard reigns. Despite the setback stance and decent taper, it can still stomp tricks — and switch too. This board is the basis for Jones’ bestselling Solution splitboard, which is great for exploring the backcountry.

We loved riding the Rossignol After Hours Snowboard ($580) through powder mounds and moguls: this design floats like a queen and whips tight corners like a dime. While the board might be oriented toward experienced riders, it also feels creative, playful, and even twin-like.

Rossignol built Marion Haerty’s pro model, the After Hours, to chase Freeride World Tour podiums. After all, the three-time champions know a bit about how boards operate.

This volume-shifted board has a shorter tail than nose but twin-stiffness, which made us feel more centered the entire time. We took it everywhere including through trees and enjoyed how quickly the shape steered.

Urethane strips help transfer energy to the sidewalls, absorbing turbulence and locking in those edges on icy terrain. And the broad nose of this big-mountain blade floats like a Cirque Du Soleil acrobat.

Tradeoffs? That short tail means landing isn’t as backed. Speed and straightaways aren’t where she excels. Switch is not our preference here.

Overall, the Rossignol After Hours Snowboard was simply built to leave fun marks all over the hill, excelling in a wide range of snow conditions and tight turns.

If we had to choose one board to rule them all, the Never Summer Infinity Snowboard ($550) would come darn close. This tried-and-true design delivers in tight trees laden with moguls, dropping cliffs, slicing through powder, on corduroy, and even on park laps.

Equal parts solid and surfy, one of our GearJunkie testers had this OG model in her quiver for more than a decade before it started to feel limp.

The lamination includes three narrow layers that are lightweight and absorb a moderate level of vibration while providing midlevel stability — but don’t squelch the vivacity of the board. It’s super fun to shred.

The core is more flexy between the feet, so pressing rollers and performing ollies is snappy and giddy. And we appreciate the integrated stretchy plastic stabilizers below the binding mount, which disperse vibration to help reduce foot fatigue for big days and fast laps.

Overall, the Never Summer Infinity Snowboard is one of the best all-mountain snowboards on the market today.

CAPiTA’s Defenders of Awesome ($500) has been well-loved for its precision handling and all-mountain versatility for many years. This board has received slight tweaks and adjustments every year.

For this season, the DOA is mostly unchanged, aside from a slightly lighter core. We think it’s the best all-around, do-everything men’s snowboard on the market.

For beginner and intermediate riders, the DOA’s aggressive shape will certainly take some getting used to. The stiff deck and pronounced contact points are excellent for fast and hard carving, but these traits will be best utilized by more advanced riders. But once you learn to put some extra muscle into your turns, this board is fully progression-orientated and can absolutely elevate your riding ability.

Strategically placed carbon stringers add plenty of springy pop to the DOA. Whether you’re in the park or launching off of side hits, this board is well-equipped for freestyle riding. It’s a little on the stiff side for presses and butters, but the nose and tail provide some welcome and noticeable flex.

Overall, the CAPiTA’s Defenders of Awesome deserves each of the many awards that it has amassed over the years. For intermediate and advanced riders looking to ride fast, carve hard, and explore every part of the mountain, we confidently recommend it as the best all-mountain snowboard.

The Arbor Element Camber ($500) does everything well — an impressive statement for such an affordably priced snowboard. Made from high-end materials and featuring Arbor’s light and fast Highland II core, the Element Camber is your key to the entire mountain.

Riders who gravitate toward the park will appreciate this board’s playful tendencies. Jibbing, hucking, and pressing are all well within the Element’s capabilities. When it comes time to zip down the groomers, the lightning-fast sintered base will have you flying past your buddies.

Because this board is a bit more flexible than others on this list, it’s relatively maneuverable and beginner-friendly. It chatters a bit at high speeds but ultimately finds a nice balance between speed and carving ability.

Beginners can view this board as the next step in their progression toward more aggressive riding, while advanced snowboarders may find it enjoyably playful and effortless to ride.

The Arbor Element Camber also includes Arbor’s Grip-Tech tri-radial sidecut. For all-mountain riders of all abilities seeking an unbeatable value, the Element Camber is the way to go.

For newer riders looking to develop skills and expand their riding across the whole mountain, the Burton Custom Flying V ($660) is a stellar progressive snowboard. The Flying V has been around for years, but its forgiving rockered profile and surfy feel just never get old.

Burton’s Frostbite edge technology is well known for its superior traction, especially on ice and hardpack. The latest edition of the Flying V is built with Burton’s “Infinite Ride” — an innovative process that involves a machine that “breaks in the board for you.”

The Burton Custom Flying V is all about pure fun and ease of use. It’s got pop but not a crazy amount. It’s quite flexy, and engaging the nose or tail into a butter couldn’t be easier.

We recommend the Flying V to riders looking to maximize fun and enjoy every turn. This is definitely not an aggressive or hard-charging snowboard — it will chatter vigorously at high speeds. Instead, this board enjoys a leisurely pace. Floating through deep pow and low-angle tress are its bread and butter.

The Flying V’s forgiving nature makes it ideal for beginner and progressing riders — especially those interested in exploring (and enjoying) the whole mountain.

The Ride Warpig ($530) has been a favorite among powder-seeking all-mountain snowboarders for more than five seasons. Despite its setback stance and directional rocker profile, don’t be fooled — this board is not a pure powder specialist.

Instead, the Warpig thrives just about everywhere. From the park to the groomers, this eye-catching board is a quiver of one with an affinity for the deep stuff.

We love that the Warpig has tons of flex without completely sacrificing stability at speed. To create this unique combination of strengths, Ride has outfitted this board with a tight sidecut and a super-wide waist width. The Warpig has no problem with short radius turns and snappy maneuverability in the trees.

Longer high-speed carves are a bit more challenging for this board due to its rockered profile. The plus side of this profile shows itself in soft snow and powder. The Ride Warpig floats as well as just about any powder specialist. A tapered tail allows the beefy nose to rise up and glide over fresh snow with delightful ease.

Directional rockered powder boards are not usually known for their versatility, but the Warpig is an outstanding exception. If you’re the kind of rider that loves surf-style snowboarding but wants a board that will also perform well on the crunchier days, the Warpig is the one for you.

The GNU 2023 Essential Service ($500) is the ultimate carving machine. This resort ripper can ride anywhere on the resort — providing maximum fun on icy groomers, spring slush, and everything in between.

GNU’s C2 rocker-camber hybrid shape is ideal for a true all-mountain snowboard. Between the bindings, the rockered section lets you lean back and float over powder, while the underfoot camber maximizes carving power.

As a directional twin, the Essential Service features a pointed nose, a blunt tail, and a slightly setback stance. Even with this directional design, riding switch feels natural on this board.

As always with GNU snowboards, the Magne-Traction technology offers superior edge hold while carving hard through icy terrain or bumpy chop. Like any board made for high-performance carving, the GNU 2023 Essential Service has a sintered, lightning-fast base.

The YES Typo ($500) is an absolute killer in the park, but it rides well all over the mountain too. Though this deck is slightly stiffer than the YES beginner-friendly Basic board, it’s still clearly on the softer end of the spectrum. Soft and snappy is the perfect recipe for enjoying the terrain park, and the Typo is your ticket to supreme freestyle delight.

YES. is well known for pioneering many innovative design ideas over the years, and many of these have been expressed on the Typo. Their CamRock profile combines the responsiveness of traditional camber with the floatability of rocker. Additionally, UnderBite edges feature incuts beneath each binding to redistribute the rider’s weight and improve manageability and edge hold.

Though a beginner rider could probably learn to love this board, it leans a little more toward the intermediate or advanced crowd. The snappy nature of the Typo is an asset for hitting large jumps, but it also results in a noticeably squirrely ride that beginners just don’t need to deal with.

While technically a directional twin, the Typo is nearly a true twin, as the setback of the stance is minimal. Still, this minor detail does come in handy while floating through powder, even if that isn’t the primary purpose of this board.

If you’re looking for a pure powder surfer or a hard charger, you may want to look for something with a more aggressively directional shape. Overall, the YES Typo is a highly versatile freestyle snowboard.

The Women’s Weston Riva ($624) is an all-mountain design that tackles inconsistent snow conditions and excels at speed on the groomers. The board is marketed as a freeride snowboard with the ability to tackle terrain all over the mountain, and we agree.

With a stiffer, directional design, the Riva performs well through ungroomed snow but really craves high speed on hardpacked, chalked-up runs and corduroy.

The Women’s Weston Riva strikes a balance between that traditional camber underfoot and at the very end of the board’s tail and nose the profile is rockered, so it slightly curves up and off the snow like an upside-down banana.

With a majority wood core made of paulownia, the board isn’t heavy and it does offer a bit of pop when it’s set up for it – but that spring doesn’t come easy like a more freestyle-oriented board.

Read the full GearJunkie review here.

For ladies, the Rossignol Diva ($580) doesn’t mess around. This premium whip is an aggressive steer that offers high responsiveness, quick edge-to-edge transfer, and no room for butters. And we loved charging around on this shape.

Oriented towards gals with speed and cliff cravings and more experienced riders, the Diva won’t disappoint. The design handled well on moguls, steeps, choppy powder, crud, hardpack, and ice alike. The edge hold was excellent, and we didn’t get jostled while the board absorbed chunder well.

A true twin in the profile and the flex, this tool is stable anywhere you slice. You’ll notice the camber underfoot and on the periphery allows you to connect like a hound with the snow surface and drive. The tip and tail have an early rise but we didn’t notice it too much. It’s subtle.

We also found that the Rossignol Diva is on the stiffer end of the spectrum — which is perfectly fine for us and our all-mountain rodeo outings on this board. If you’re looking for a strong snowboard for aggressive shredding, here’s your chance.

The women’s Jones Stratos ($630) is a core all-mountain board loaded with modern garnish. This ride is absolutely for a traditional shredder that aims to pierce anywhere on the hill and enjoys a highly tailored ride. You can take the Stratos through the trees, on moguls, and even backward while traversing hairy terrain. The Stratos shines best on big, sweeping carves on groomers and chalky slopes. The design also handles speed well and mutes the chatter.

First up, the design has a directional rocker, meaning there’s more tip rocker than in the tail, which all flanks the camber underfoot. The directional profile is coupled with a tapered shape, or silhouette, offering a slightly narrower tail that allows the back to sink a bit for optimal float.

One of our favorite features of this design is in-house Traction Tech 3.0, a proprietary serrated edge technology that increases the number of contact points with hard surfaces. We appreciated this gold smudge on ice patches and steep hardpack, especially midday or after a nice re-groom: That’s when this board is the strongest versus first thing in the morning. Specifically, there are three bumps per edge at the front binding, board center, and back binding with the central hump being slightly more protruded for an amplified hold.

Another detail we are stoked on: The 3D Contour Base 3.0. Meaning, Jones added a 7mm bevel to the nose and tail, which is like adding the curvature of a spoon to your board’s nose and backside. The result? Fantastic float and an easier charge through crust with less chance of catching an edge. That said, we found the Contour Base and the slightly rockered profile is likely why the board wasn’t a conquerer of straight ice the way we expected.

Ultimately, the women’s Jones Stratos is a fairly stiff and directional choice that, rather than an amusement ride, is a sturdy all-mountain board for everyday powder, chop, or groomers. As a carver-oriented design, the board craves to be driven fast and forward.

The Women’s Ride Psychocandy ($520) is the ladies’ iteration of the popular men’s Warpig with a few differences in the mix. Namely, this design sports a more manageable flex and a waist width that suits smaller boots.

Also, there’s a broader variety of sizes for folks of all body types. And this is the greatest quantity of size options (six) offered by any women’s snowboard in our guide.

The Women’s Ride Psychocandy is a volume-shifted shape, and this board is meant to be sized down from your typical decks. To verify the solid power transfer, pro rider Hana Beaman is known to get buck on this silhouette.

The core mixes lightweight, strong Paulownia wood stringers with Aspen, which we dig. For extra protection, double-level impact plates are integrated into the board beneath each binding, too.

And the highest level of carbon stringers is added to that same zone for sensitive response. Indeed, this is a stalwart steed for advanced to expert snowboarders.

Built in mind for beginners and moderate shredders, the women’s Jones Dream Weaver ($500) is a stellar all-around design and investment that even more experienced riders will enjoy.

Though this board is directional — with a tapered directional shape as well as a directional rocker profile with accentuated rocker in the nose — it almost feels like a twin, which we love. The Dream Weaver is so easy to stay balanced on, right in the middle of the board.

This women’s ship is easy to steer around moguls, fun to plow into powder fields, and traverses well. The flex, which is soft-to-moderate, allows a tad of pop. The board maneuvers smoothly through the trees and offers mid-level arced turns.

We’re also happy that the Jones Dream Weaver holds an edge really well, with a nod toward the Traction Tech 2.0 that adds two extra contact points on each edge, like a serrated knife, to help bite hard snow. While the 3D Contour Base is integrated into this design, like on the Stratos, the degree is dialed back to a 2mm bevel in the nose-and-tail’s spoon shape, which is a balance we dig.

Indeed, the Dream loves to carve, on ice and across hardpack. Ultimately, the ladies’ Jones Dream Weaver cuts out any guesswork with prime dependability. Plus, in person, we’ve hardly ever seen a graphic so vibrant and beautiful as the mountain landscape on this board’s current topsheet.

As a true twin, the Women’s Arbor Swoon Rocker ($550) supports your surf-style needs in both directions down the mountain. That’s mostly due to the extensive true rocker shape that gradually decreases toward either end of the board — and zero camber.

Yet, Arbor’s rocker — aka parabolic profile — also maintains contact points that are close enough to the snow in order to hit higher speeds, rail turns, and stomp landings.

The design also features a nifty sidecut called Grip Tech, which shifts the four primary ergonomic contact points from the rise of the tip and tail to either side of each binding. With a more central location, those spots offer more direct energy transfer to the snow for better turns, stability, and control.

Overall, the board feels snazzy with a nice pop yet balanced with the centered stance. The Women’s Arbor Swoon Rocker is a great maneuverable, all-around option for advanced and expert shredders.

For intermediate riders who like to dabble in all types of terrain, the Women’s YES. Hello ($500) fits the bill from the backside black diamonds to the long blue groomers. The hybrid camber-rocker design offers camber beneath the feet for solid ground connection, followed by a bit of rocker toward the tips and tail for a floaty feel in pow.

The core is poplar wood, which is durable and offers consistent flex for a predictable ride. This design also has a dip in the sidecut — dubbed the UnderBite — where the material pushes inward beneath the foot on both the heel and toe edge.

The result? Riders experience a more aggressive edge engagement while initiating a carve and through the arch of a turn, especially in hardpack. It also helps increase torsional flex of the Women’s YES. Hello by bringing the powder drive beneath the boots

Stranda is known for surf-inspired designs that carve — especially for their splitboards. The new-for-2023-24 Stranda Biru ($690) rings to that note. With a volume-shifted design, this powder-oriented all-mountain board is for creative shredders rather than just another generic twin-tip.

Born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden, Stranda Snowboards founder Mats Drougge started blueprinting surfy snowboards 2 decades ago, inspired by the ocean surf-emulated expression that was surfacing circa 1990, when he met surf legends Mike Doyle and Joe Cabell in Aspen, Colo.

The goal is to flow like water, which is visually reflected in the shifted volume and shapes of Stranda’s boards that officially hit the market in 2015. 

The brand specializes in the creation of directional snowboards and splitboards rather than freestyle or twins. 

We expected a stiffer board but were pleasantly surprised with the playfulness in the moderate flex. This is a directional board but the tail kick allows for safe switch landings, opening up more possibilities around the mountain.

Chatter in crud and at speed was noticeable but average for an all-mountain board with powder foremost in its sights. The softer flex profile is combined with a volume-shifted (toward the nose) design. However, that means that the Stranda Biru skews its skills more towards powder than trenching groomers, so it’s a solid fit for riders who get plenty of soft and deep days.

There are better options from Stranda and other brands if you’re mostly carving up the piste. But if you’re looking for a new super fun tool to whip around in a surfy way off-piste, don’t hesitate to consider the Stranda Biru.

Carving is just for snowboardcross. Jones reached back to its founder’s roots in snowboard racing to produce the new Jones Freecarver 9000s ($630) which is a stiff, trench-digging carving machine designed for speed and maximum edge hold.

The 9000 has a gradually tapered 9-meter turn radius built for massive GS turns arcing across the run. There’s also the Freecarver 6000 series which keeps a tighter 6-meter radius if you prefer shorter, snappier carving.

Our testers felt secure committing to these big turns thanks to the Traction Tech edge and tip and tail detuning to avoid unexpected snags coming in and out of turns. The full camber profile also allows the effective edge to run nearly the full length of the board for maximum contact and control at high speeds.

The board is stiff and powerful but requires full commitment to turns to enjoy the big, high-speed turns the Freecarver 9000 was designed for. Relax and the board may drive you instead of the other way around.

While we thought the Freecarver 9000 was great at what it was built to do, it’s a niche board that only fits as part of a quiver for most recreational riders and doesn’t excel in playful powder riding. Still, if you can afford to own a specialty board, it’s a great way to get the most out of low-tide days when the groomers are the only thing worth riding.

The four lengths are part of Jones’ new unisex efforts which no longer split boards into men’s and women’s categories and instead alter widths, dimensions, and flex patterns to fit a rider’s size and weight regardless of gender. For charging slopes and getting speedy on the snow-surf, be sure to check out the Jones Freecarver 9000s.

If you’ve heard anything about Utah-based WNDR Alpine, it’s probably that they make skis and boards using algae-derived oils in place of fossil fuel-derived plastics. Which is true. And very cool.

But you need more than a good eco-story to sell as many boards and skis as WNDR has the past few years. And the unisex WNDR BelleAire ($699) aims to be the stable, directional all-mountain daily driver snowboard that most riders are looking for.

Our initial impression before getting the BelleAire on snow was that it felt very light, almost fragile. But once on some resort chop, we gained confidence in this medium-stiff charger. 

We tried it in the full spectrum of resort conditions and it proved to be an all-mountain board. It might not be your first choice if you’re a park rat, but it has enough pop for jibbing natural features. The early-rise nose and relatively stiff profile made it a capable pow-slasher. 

In theory, this is a medium-width board but our larger-footed tester couldn’t really lay into groomer turns because of heel and toe overhang. Our smaller-footed riders had no trouble, but fair warning if you’re a bigger rider who wants to carve corduroy on low-tide days. Our other gripe was the sluggish factory tune which held the board back a bit until it was cleaned up.

Overall, we found the WNDR BelleAire to be a sturdy, dependable slasher in variable chop, strong in powder, and comfortable at speed on the groomers. While it’s not a playful spoon, the BelleAire is for charging anywhere, any day — and it’s not too stiff while living up to that name. This is not only one of the most eco-friendly boards ever made but is a solid contender for an all-mountain quiver to take over your foyer.

For intermediate to advanced snowboarders looking for a playful ride and well-balanced performance characteristics, Men’s Jones Mountain Twin ($550) is a fine choice. With a traditional camber-under-foot profile and medium flex, this board can carve on ice, play in the park, and float through powder in style.

When charging at speed, the Mountain Twin offers a damp yet responsive ride, likely due to the high-quality semi-stiff wood core. For a board that’s this capable at speed, we appreciate that it can be playful when called upon.

Beginner riders will likely find the Mountain Twin is just a bit too aggressive for practicing the fundamentals. Riders on both sides of the Mississippi can certainly enjoy this board, as it thrives on just about every snow type.

Butters and jibs are well within the wheelhouse of the Men’s Jones Mountain Twin. The mild directionality isn’t an issue when riding switch. Depending on how you set up your stance, the Mountain Twin can be excellent for folks who like to lead with both feet. The Mountain Twin feels perfectly at home in the terrain park.

If you enjoy a variety of riding styles but only want to own a single board, the Mountain Twin is the all-mountain snowboard for you.

The Arbor Foundation ($400) is a beautifully designed and affordable beginner snowboard. This is one of the few boards on this list we recommend for new snowboarders. With a maneuverable, fully rockered profile and forgiving, soft flex, the Foundation is the ideal introduction to all-mountain snowboarding.

The riding experience of the Foundation is defined by natural float, catch-free tracking, and effortless steering. Built on Arbor’s most versatile core, this board is durable enough to hold up for many busy seasons of riding and progressing.

Easy maintenance is important in an entry-level board. The Foundation’s tough extruded base is scratch-resistant and simple to repair.

As you begin to improve, ride faster, and carve harder, the Arbor Foundation will begin to show its weaknesses. At high speeds, this soft and flexy deck chatters heavily, and it feels unstable in severely rutted terrain. Still, even advanced riders will find lots to love in the playful nature of this snowboard.

Ultimately, fun is the best path to progression. The Arbor Foundation will quickly instill a love of riding — beginning with your very first day out.

For a bonafide powder surfer, the Never Summer Swift ($685) is surprisingly versatile. Though we don’t recommend this board for the hardpack and ice of the East Coast, it can handle just about anything else with style. The fact that it rides like an absolute dream in the deep stuff is really just the cherry on top of this high-end all-mountain workhorse.

A setback stance, rocker profile, and directional shape are common traits of a powder board. What sets the Swift apart from other powder boards? It feels surprisingly at home all over the mountain. Laying down trenches feels natural on this deck, and it can even handle the occasional jump or side hit with relative ease.

This is one of the stiffest boards on our list, so we don’t recommend it for beginners looking for a forgiving snowboard. Instead, the Never Summer Swift is for the powder lover who doesn’t want to purchase a second deck for the days when the snow isn’t fresh. This is the rare powder machine that also manages to earn the “all-mountain” title.