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I surprised myself by skiing in the pouring rain yesterday!
I always thought skiing in pouring rain are for losers. But I got a free ticket, a place to crash and someone fun to ski with. So I thought oh well, maybe just a couple runs...
As it turns out, it was FABULOUS! The snow was consistently creamy and, due to the relatively low temperature, it never turned to slush. Basically, long duration corn! So I ended up making quite a few more than "a couple" runs!
So, I'm officially a convert to skiing in the rain (given the right condition).
To help with my enthusiasm, I stayed pretty much bone dry! Well, almost bone dry. One area of failure was the wrist. Even though the glove shell itself was waterproof, water ran down my sleeve (waterproof jacket + poncho = 100% bone dry) through the wrist into my gloves! So my hands were cold after about 2 hrs. (didn't help I had a hole in one of them, but even the other one WITHOUT the hole also got wet a bit later, starting from the cuff)
Oh yea, I wear mitts (got cold hands). So I really can't help but to need to occasionally take the mitts off from time to time, to adjust boots, look at watch, read trail map... So suggestion of duct taping the "interface" in raining days need not apply
My current gloves had always been a bit of a shortcoming in my setup. While incredibly warm, the cuff wasn't long enough so if I'm not careful, a gap develops between my jacket cuff and glove. Snow got in if I fall, or when snowing. I've thought about snowboard gloves, which typically has a huge long cuff. But I'm not sure if that works in preventing water running down my sleeve into the cuff.
Since my current pair of mittens has developed a hole, I'm naturally in a position to look at better alternatives. Anyone who's been there and have suggestion on what feature to look for that would work for skiing in pouring rain?
(I wish my jacket sleeve has an over cuff. But none of the jackets I have has that and I'm not sure if such feature even exist in the current fashion. Besides, my jacket is relatively new so I'd rather not buy a new one for a while)
I always thought skiing in pouring rain are for losers. But I got a free ticket, a place to crash and someone fun to ski with. So I thought oh well, maybe just a couple runs...
As it turns out, it was FABULOUS! The snow was consistently creamy and, due to the relatively low temperature, it never turned to slush. Basically, long duration corn! So I ended up making quite a few more than "a couple" runs!
So, I'm officially a convert to skiing in the rain (given the right condition).
To help with my enthusiasm, I stayed pretty much bone dry! Well, almost bone dry. One area of failure was the wrist. Even though the glove shell itself was waterproof, water ran down my sleeve (waterproof jacket + poncho = 100% bone dry) through the wrist into my gloves! So my hands were cold after about 2 hrs. (didn't help I had a hole in one of them, but even the other one WITHOUT the hole also got wet a bit later, starting from the cuff)
Oh yea, I wear mitts (got cold hands). So I really can't help but to need to occasionally take the mitts off from time to time, to adjust boots, look at watch, read trail map... So suggestion of duct taping the "interface" in raining days need not apply
My current gloves had always been a bit of a shortcoming in my setup. While incredibly warm, the cuff wasn't long enough so if I'm not careful, a gap develops between my jacket cuff and glove. Snow got in if I fall, or when snowing. I've thought about snowboard gloves, which typically has a huge long cuff. But I'm not sure if that works in preventing water running down my sleeve into the cuff.
Since my current pair of mittens has developed a hole, I'm naturally in a position to look at better alternatives. Anyone who's been there and have suggestion on what feature to look for that would work for skiing in pouring rain?
(I wish my jacket sleeve has an over cuff. But none of the jackets I have has that and I'm not sure if such feature even exist in the current fashion. Besides, my jacket is relatively new so I'd rather not buy a new one for a while)