Solid Snowboard Pants

By Richard Possin Ranked #31 - Men's Snowboard Pants December 15, 2011

I've gotta give these pants a pretty good rap, though they're not perfect. I've had mine now for almost 3 years. This year alone they've done 29 days snowboarding which included a fair bit of backcountry workouts, tree runs getting snagged on branches etc. I am pretty hard on my gear and it's only now these are starting to wear. They have a lifetime warranty and I am happy to say that even though the seams on the bum started to come apart, burton replaced them with a new pair (unfortunately in the ugly neon camo getup). I have had issues with warranties with burton in the past, but with these even though they had some wear burton were pretty good. I expect this if i am paying over 300 clams for a pair of pants though.

In terms of setup, I would say they are verging on the baggy side (but not overly so), they have 6 pockets, 2 back (why bother?), 2 hand (light fleece lined, 1 has a key clip - quite useful) and 2 thigh (good for a beanie). The butt and knees are also fleece lined, but I wouldn't say "padded" (fine with me). They have a clip on the bottom of the leg for holding the outside liner up for walking thru a muddy carpark, but could do with 2 as they only hold 1 side up. They have 2 sets of vents, 1 pair on the inner thighs and 1 on the upper hips (the upper hip ones could be slightly longer). There is a useful velcro waist adjustment on the inner side of the belt. The boot liners hook nicely onto your bootlaces.

The goretex seems to be pretty good, i've never got wet.

They zip and clip into the powder skirt on burton jackets.

I can't agree with the other review about being "tight in the crotchal area" unless they have changed the cut or my package is very small (!) or you get the wrong size.

View Details: Burton AK 2L Stagger Gore-Tex Pant - Men's

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