I'm returning these pants because of the fabric's texture. They are gore-tex performance shell, which feels quite soft. I think they do not feel hard and sturdy like ski pants should. They may or may not work just as well, but I trust the feeling of a harder fabric more.

I wrote a review for these pants in the men's section, but thought I should add one here also, since I actually bought a pair in the women's size. These are fantastic pants, the fit is perfect and they are warmer than I expected. The adjustable waist allows me to wear with a thin base layer only, or add fleece for extreme weather. I own 4 other pairs of shel tyoe pants(TNF Venture, Marmot Flash, Under Armour Bead pant) and these are definitely the best. TNF does it yet again!

I bought these pants to do polar field work in Greenland.
They are not what I expected, but worked very well.
They are lined, and quite heavy, which makes them warm, comfortable and sturdy. I did not manage to get them scratched, and they definitely will last longer than a simple 3-layer gore tex shell. However, I would not use these to go mountaineering: too heavy, bulky and not stretchy.
I think that they would be very good for downhill skiing/snowboarding though. With a thin liner underneath, you'd be set!

2 great things about them:
- on the sides, there are velcros to adjust the waist: It is very useful! Depending on the weather, I can put more or less layers, and adjust the size of these outer pants. The max I have put under are slim liner, fleece pants and primaloft pants. It fits!
- The pocket on the right leg is large enough to contain a 2x5 notebook, pen, knife.. All these really useful things when you are outside for work.

Bottom line: these pants are very durable, and great for people who spend a lot of time outside, but they are not a light weight mountaineering shell.

Fully lined and quite heavy, not what I was expecting for gore-tex pants. Returned this pair and opted for Arc'teryx Sidewinder SV pants.