Skiing

Looking for a new touring set up for alpine trips. I have a pair of K2 Wayback 106s which I used for a winter season in Squamish/Whistler/Sea to Sky, which is known for deep pow… https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/reviews/snow-sports/backcountry-skis/k2-wayback-106

They were my first pair of touring skis, and despite 50 days on them, I found them hard to ski - maybe they were too light and too long for a first backcountry pair (172cm, also my height), hard to ski in trees. Ultimately, I felt like I they required a more aggressive skier to not get bounced around. They are designed for powder and recommended mounting was quite far back (guess that’s why they’re “Wayback”), so I had to fight hard not to end up in the backseat. In contrast, I have a pair of Black Crow Deamons for resort/slackcountry - they’re so heavy, but an absolute joy to ski and make skiing through chunder fun... Obvs I don’t want to tour in anything quite as heavy, but I want to enjoy my now 1 week of skiing per year (now that I’m back in the UK).. so:

• recommended skis for touring trips to the Alps? What kind of width is best?
  
• Where’s a good place to look for second hand, other than Facebook/eBay
  
• recommendations for a good place to get bindings removed>mounted?
  
• Do I just preserve with the K2s?
  
  

Thanks