Who it's for: Park skiers and all-mountain freestylers who want a lighter, softer, more snappy ski that lives in the park and still handles the whole mountain on the way there. The DéPART .02 is the more park-focused version of the .01 — narrower, softer, and easier to spin, press, and jib than its sibling. If the .01 is the post-park all-mountain ski, the .02 is for skiers who are still spending real time in the park and want a ski built around that.

The DéPART .02 is softer, lighter, and more snappy than the .01 — deliberately so. Where the .01 is a stiff, damp all-mountain ski that happens to be a freestyler, the .02 is a park ski that can handle the whole mountain. It's easier to press, butter, and spin on, easier to lap the park on all day without fatigue, and more forgiving for skiers who are still developing their freestyle technique. The narrower waist keeps it quick edge to edge and precise in the park without the extra float the .01 carries at 104–106mm.

The DéPART line as a whole is Salomon's authentic return to freestyle skiing — accessible, fun, and built around the creative energy of skiing rather than the technical demands of competition. The .02 is the purest expression of that in the lineup. This is a ski that makes park skiing feel like it used to: something anyone with the right attitude can enjoy, not just athletes with coaches and foam pits.

In stock in all four lengths at Attridge Ski & Board in Vernon — for skiers who still believe the mountain is the park.