My skis are fairly narrow 170 Atomic Rainiers. I bought mine for a specific purpose (ski camping in Yosemite) and got a great deal on them from STP. Short and fat tele skis are the new style for tele, but for BC touring, they aren't the best, from what I have read. I only know how mine work for me and they are fine for my purposes.

There are some other threads here on who has what, so if you want to know more, look through the archives.