Great ski pants.

By Matt Ranked #909 - Men's Ski Pants November 24, 2008

Skied the last two days with these, and I can vouch for their awesomeness. Nice fit, looks great, very very comfortable. Not cheap, but you get your money's worth. I look forward to using these for a long time.

I wear 42"x34" mens' pants, and the XL Tall fits well. It doesn't have a ton of extra room in the seat/thigh, but I can wear it with a layer or two underneath with no problem. Arcteryx XXL Tall pants are practically falling off me and are WAY too big through the legs.

Somewhat warm and fairly windproof, but only has a very thin lining (which is a good thing IMO; you can layer under shell pants, but you can't make really warm pants cooler.) Breathes well, and you can sort of vent them through the pockets. (If you want insulated pants with full zip vents, try the Sidewinders instead.) No problem with water even when I had to ride a chairlift up and then ski down through active snow guns, nor when falling down a few times while trying to get my ski legs back. Ankle gaiters work well; the grippy elastic holds tight on ski boots.

One minor concern for skiing is that the insides of the legs aren't really as reinforced as some other ski-specific pants. There's a double layer of fabric on the lower 12" or so, but not the sort of "armor" material that some pants have. If you tend to catch your pants with your edges a lot you might tear them up after a while. I don't usually have issues with this, but just something to be aware of with Arc'Teryx softshell pants.

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