What do you wear for spring skiing?

[Yoga Diva]

My teenage boys just wear their boxers under their ski pants. It's truly a sight when they get dressed in the parking lot. I, however, am still chilled by the wind and skiing fast so I keep my jacket and adjust my layers. And I always keep my face covered with a mask. Not because I'm cold, but because the western sun will kill your skin.

 

[SkiBam]

Yeah, what's this "spring skiing" people are talking about? Still in full winter gear here.

 

[bounceswoosh]

We keep having spring forecasts followed by winter conditions! It's no fun being underdressed.

 

[Little Lightning]

Same here, snow all night, Loveland reported 6" overnight and another 3-6" today. Yesterday was in the 40's but the wind was howling so still dressed warm.

Not sure how long it will take the 100+ inches of snow to melt here. Hopefully it will be a slow melt. It could be a long mud season.

 

[altagirl]

We keep having spring forecasts followed by winter conditions! It's no fun being underdressed.

In the past few days I've been going through that thing where I have no idea what time of year it is.

I was in the grocery store and was thinking, well, it's almost winter, so whatever veggies are done for the season. And then went WHAT? Wait... I think it was just so spring-like for a while (minus the greenery) and then it's blustery and cold again and felt like it's been fall turning to winter instead of the other way around. My brain is confused....

 

[Little Lightning]

Same here, snow all night, Loveland reported 6" overnight and another 3-6" today. Yesterday was in the 40's but the wind was howling so still dressed warm.

Not sure how long it will take the 100+ inches of snow to melt here. Hopefully it will be a slow melt. It could be a long mud season.

Correction, 200+ inches of snow so far this year.

 

[snow addict]

We are expecting a significant temperature drop and 5' of snow between Saturday and Wednesday. I am very excited. They have already postponed the FWT final till "the first clear day"... which unfortunately means that it's unlikely I will watch it this year as cannot take time off next week, but TBH I would rather be skiing powder! Not yet ready for spring...

 

[lisamamot]

I am a layering girl. That said, I have never skied when it is warm enough for a tee and a shell! I run cold or perhaps run out of snow by the time it gets that warm?!

Jacket: I ski in a waterproof shell jacket all season and then layer accordingly. The jacket has pit zips so if it is warmer I utilize those. In the spring I wear a silky base layer, a thin puffy pullover, and the shell.

Pants: I have a pair of insulated pants I adore; they have thigh vents and I just wear a silky layer when it is warm. If it gets too warm for that I switch to a flocked soft-shell pant with the silky layer.

I have never been able to ski in gloves instead of insulated mittens, but I blame Raynaud's for that. I do have a pair of uninsulated mittens with a built-in glove liner....I aspire to be able to ski when it is warm enough to wear those!

 

[altagirl]

I am a layering girl. That said, I have never skied when it is warm enough for a tee and a shell! I run cold or perhaps run out of snow by the time it gets that warm?!

I think it's a lot more common out West. We typically have well over 100" of base (200" of base in some years) and there will be days at the end of the season where it's 60-70+ degrees and you can still ski.

 

[Albertan ski girl]

In the spring, I'll wear a very thin base layers and and rain pants on the bottom, and either a tshirt, or a light merino wool top under a shell. That's about it. It can get very warm here as we get into mid-May.

 

[Albertan ski girl]

Oh, and I have waterproof glove shells with a fleece liner from MEC, and usually I just take the fleece liner out and use the shells.

 

[geargrrl]

This, if conditions warrant breaking it out (It is some sort of cotton blend, believe it or not)

 

[Albertan ski girl]

This, if conditions warrant breaking it out (It is some sort of cotton blend, believe it or not)

Wow! I love this! it looks awesome!!!

 

[MaineSkiLady]

We currently have 3.5 feet of snow on the ground here, at the house, on March 21.
I'll let you know what I pick out in around 4 weeks. If it warms up.

 

[Little Lightning]

Monday it was sunny but the wind kept the temps down so I was dressed in my mid winter wear. Yesterday it hit the low 50's and even though I dressed with a lighter jacket and less layers I was too warm. Today the thermometer said 41 when we got back to the car but it was cloudy and snowy off and on all day. Dressed in my mid winter wear I was cold. Humidity? Right now it's hammering snow outside. Snow predicted through Friday morning. I love springtime in the Rockies.

 

[VickiK]

Goretex shell, with big pit zips, with one (or two) light/medium base layer top. Base bottom, or not, depending on how warm/windy it is.

 

[iamOshawott]

I always bring my full set of clothes! It might sound ridiculous! It has 1 merino wool base layer, 1 North Face insulated base layer, 1 MEC T3 base layer then my Columbia Whirlibird jacket(it has a insulated mid layer and a shell). And for pants, I have 1 MEC T2 long johns and 1 MEC Treck4 pants then my ski pants(vented).

Now the coldest I've been, which was -25C on Sun Peaks, I had to wear the whole set but for local mountains, the coldest -5C, I just wear the merino wool, MEC T3 and the Whirlibird on top and MEC T2 long john and ski pants on the bottom. I tend to run cold, I have really bad circulation.