Great fitting pants, a little pricey for the feature set

By Sid Nitzerglobin Ranked #25 - Men's Ski Pants February 3, 2012

Fit and performance of these pants have been awesome for me so far. I'm 6'2", 185lbs. and usually wear a 34-36 waist and ~33 inseam and the large in these fit perfect. They don't look like skinny jeans by any means, but far from a baggy fit for a ski pant and range of motion seems entirely unhindered.

Totally waterproof through 3.5 hours in heavy freezing rain on the local hill and as much wet PNW powder as I could throw at them over a week long trip at Whistler. Zippers and seams are very high quality. They provide basically no warmth on their own however, so make sure to plan to layer appropriately under them. Breathability seems decent enough, it was only while working pretty hard on uphill hikes and in a couple of glades that things started feeling a bit humid wearing a 260 weight merino base and a pair of UA Catalyst shorts under them. The vents seem to do a good job of drying things out in a hurry in these cases.

I got these at a 20% discount from a local store, and even at that price they feel pricey for the feature set. Yes, they are awesome pants and will hopefully turn out to be very durable (only have 6 days in on mine so far), but still feel a little overpriced to me. Adding a back and/or cargo pocket(s), some mesh/microfleece insulation/reinforcement of the butt and knee areas, and some sort of cuff saver system would be nice. Other than that they'd be 5 stars for me.

View Details: Arc'teryx Stingray Pant - Men's

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