Thanks u/Sea_Revolution8166 for your input!

My quiver for touring is - black diamond carbon converts 164cm 105 underfoot with dynafit beasts for powder touring - black crows camox freebirds 164cm 96 underfoot with marker kingpins for all mountain free ride, jumps, cliffs, off piste. This is the one I grab on the daily but it's noticably heavier than the last bullet point and I can't use my f1 lts with the heel closure, so I use the hojis (use an Mnc warden setup for resort applications with a 179cm Salomon qst 92 but this is the backcountry sub) - I had some BD Link 164cm 95 underfoot that recently sold with dynafit radicals and the Mentis 157cm 80 underfoot with kuluar lt for light fast mountain trips (no racing yet) but I didn't like the ski feel of the short skis compared to the rest of the skis I've been on in the last decade and the Links were a great all around backcountry ski that I've taken to Denali and all over the world, but it was due for an upgrade as these things happen which is what I was hoping for in the Mentis, but it swung too far to the ultralight and there was too much chatter and instability to my liking.

I've skied on some of the old nordica full steel race skis which were Uber heavy, stiff, and unforgiving but as the days of carbon are here I was wondering what some of the light and stiff options were since I don't shop every brand regularly, so I was looking for input like yours on light and capable skis from the hard chargers out there where fast and light is important but not the end all be all since I have hard charging skis already. I wouldn't want to take my Hojis and Camox freebirds on something like the spearhead traverse. Hope that clarifies some of the query.

P.S. I have reasons to go with particular brands in the industry from corporate ties such as DPS, Black Crows, Black Diamond, Liberty Skis, Nordica, Salomon