fleece pants or long johns

[ski220]

I wear a Marmont Gore-Tex Pants shell with fleece pants underneath. A lot of people I know seem to wear thermal long johns under their shells but I find that thermals are too hot and the fleece breaths much better. Added benifits are - 1) I can wear differant wieghts of fleece depending on the day and 2) apre ski I can remove my shell and not look like a dork in long johns.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Au natural unless it's under 23.5 degrees...then underarmor..or maybe some sweatpants..

 

[Hawkshot99]

Tight underarmor type pants. Anything more and it is too warm.

 

[skidbump]

Thin sweats to about 20 then i have some thicker sweats to low single digits and some heavy fleece for sub zero.

 

[wa-loaf]

Patagonia medium weight capeline long johns. I do want to get a pair of wool (icebreaker) 3/4 length long johns. Fleece pants = too bulky.

 

[cbcbd]

Long johns on a regular day.
If it's really cold then I wear long johns and my stretchy fleece pants over them - they are not bulky fleece and are form fitting so actually feel pretty good.

 

[deadheadskier]

Patagonia medium weight capeline long johns. I do want to get a pair of wool (icebreaker) 3/4 length long johns. Fleece pants = too bulky.

The ice breakers are what I'm looking to get as well. Email with link to the product was sent to the lady one month prior to my birthday, so hopefully she bites :lol:

 

[Moe Ghoul]

Underarmour only. I adjust the outer gear (thin shell up to heavily insulated with bib) depending on weather and wind.

 

[severine]

Midweight Techwick-type base layer in warmer weather; fleece tights (not pants - they hug the body) when it's really cold. Near the end of my last season, I had switched to non-insulated board pants for skiing and this combo worked well with the above base layers.

 

[roark]

poly or merino.

 

[SundayRiver Yeti]

A pair of wicking long johns that I bought from Cabela's. They keep me nice and dry and toasty.

 

[Phillycore]

long johns...

under armour crowds my sack

fleece is too bulky

 

[ski220]

Midweight Techwick-type base layer in warmer weather; fleece tights (not pants - they hug the body) when it's really cold. Near the end of my last season, I had switched to non-insulated board pants for skiing and this combo worked well with the above base layers.

This is exactly what I don't understand. For me, I find that the tighter fitting long john style are HOTTER than a loose fitting fleece which will allow more air circulation around the leg. For the amount of hiking and skinning that I do I need the ventilation.

 

[Hawkshot99]

This is exactly what I don't understand. For me, I find that the tighter fitting long john style are HOTTER than a loose fitting fleece which will allow more air circulation around the leg. For the amount of hiking and skinning that I do I need the ventilation.

I used to wear a looser sweat pant. Now I wear real thin tight pants that are like the underarmour, but different brand. My ski pants are a uninsulated shell, and I usually have the vents open down below 20's. I find that both my current tight pants and my old sweats are about the same warmth wise, but the sweats are a whole lot more bulky.

 

[severine]

This is exactly what I don't understand. For me, I find that the tighter fitting long john style are HOTTER than a loose fitting fleece which will allow more air circulation around the leg. For the amount of hiking and skinning that I do I need the ventilation.

I only use the fleece tights for cold (under 20 degrees) night skiing (when I want the warmth). And again, these are non-insulated shells. Otherwise, I go with the midweight capilene-Bergelene-etc-type base layer pants. I learned last season that less is more. I skied the end of the season with very little on in the manner of layers... midweight bottoms, midweight top, and either a non-insulated hardshell jacket or a lighter softshell, non-insulated hardshell pants. And that was for night skiing. I was quite comfortable.

 

[bvibert]

For me it depends on the temperature. I'm pretty sure that more often than not I just wore my uninsulated shells with lightweight nylon hiking pants underneath. I don't think the hiking pants actually do anything, it's just what I wear to the mountain. It's easier to just throw my shell on over them then to strip down to my skivees in the lodge or parking lot. If it's really cold I'll wear a pair of light weight synthetic long johns underneath the pants.

 

[Greg]

I've got midweight fleece pants that I normally wear unless it's above 30 degrees or so.

 

[Beetlenut]

Usually wear long johns. I have several different weights of duofold that I wear, sometimes layered if really cold weather. Since they are all wicking, I never get too hot. They're thin, so they provide for a lot of movement under my shell pants. Fleece would be too bulky for me.

 

[Paul]

Commando. All the way.