Wearing glasses while skiing?

[RJ]

How many of you wear glasses while you ski? If so, what do you wear? I have a pair of glassier glasses, but find them too dark to pick up the terrain. If I wear glasses under my goggles, my glasses fog up. Any suggestions?

 

[Joe]

RJ,
I wear prescription sunglasses and a basic set of smith goggles (made for eyeglasses) with a clear lens. Typically I will just wear my sunglasses but will add the goggles when it is snowing, windy etc. I think the biggest factor in keeping my goggles w/ glasses fog free is to have good air circulation around my head. I try not to wear a hat that is too restricting or warm. Typically I will wear a headband or a loose knit hat. Besides that i just clean them well with the anti fog cloth that came with my goggles before heading out. This seems to work pretty well for me, gl.

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[Charlie Schuessler]

Typically I wear contact lenses while skiing with either goggles or sunglasses depending on the temperature....

However in 2-weeks I’m getting new prescription sport-eyewear with auto-tinting lenses...for cycling or skiing…

 

[andyzee]

I wear glasses normally, but when it comes to sport activities, I get out the contacts.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

I have a very weak prescription for mild astygmatism in one eye. I was using the Bolle Rx adaptor system which worked faily well. A good anti-fog treatment was important. (The stuff for swimming goggles works pissah).

I've since found that the glasses don't help that much for skiing and I've weaned myself off of them.

I'm thankfull I don't need them all the time. You think dealing with glasses/contacts and gogles is a pain, try an SCBA

 

[NHpowderhound]

I used to use my eyeglasses with my Scott goggles that were made for glasses but like Sledhaulingmedic said

I've since found that the glasses don't help that much for skiing and I've weaned myself off of them.

However that will depend on how strong your perscription is. I wouldnt think it would be as doable with someone that has a strong perscription for distance.
Good ventilation is important. I use Cat Crap http://www.catcrap.com/ and that helps for fogging when I do use them. I ski with a helmet and will remove my glasses as soon as I end my run as the fog will freeze instantly when they are removed from your face.
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[Sky]

My glasses started out "just for reading". But over the past few years, I seem to need them more. They go on in the morning, and come off when I go to bed.

I can see OK...but can't read a thing w/o them.

So, I ski w/o the glasses, but keep them in my jacket pocket.

I need the glasses more when I ski foreign locations (so I can read the trail map).

This brings me to my biggest beef with Killington. The paper trail map is so small, it's hard to tell where you need to go tp traverse from place to place. And secondly, the larger maps posted at the tops of the trailheads...are enlargements of the entire frickin map. How about a specific map for the top of each lift so you can see which trails are associated with the lift (and of course the trails that take you to the adjacent lift).

*end rant*

 

[krisskis]

Contacts only...tried to ski once with my glasses on ...took a nasty fall and *CRUNCH*...off they came and broke to bits..and i was without glasses for the rest of the trip...like i said...contacts only.

 

[ALLSKIING]

Typically I wear contact lenses while skiing with either goggles or sunglasses depending on the temperature....

However in 2-weeks I’m getting new prescription sport-eyewear with auto-tinting lenses...for cycling or skiing…

This is 3 years old . You were doing some digging :lol:

 

[Vortex]

I wear prescription sun Glasses. I have the big bug goggles to go ever them if needed. I wish I could wear contacts. I have tried the hard the soft, disposalble, extented wear. Nothing worked.
I have a sensitivity to light so I would be wearing sungalsses anyway.

 

[tirolerpeter]

Glasses?

I wear contacts for skiing except on the most beautiful, warm, sunny days when I just wear my Rx sunglasses. Hi speed runs make my eyes tear too much for comfort without goggles when it is cold, and I also like to be able to use different colored lenses for differing light conditions. I especially like my "yellow" goggles for "flat light" (cloudy) which causes me to lose contrast and makes me work too hard at seeing terrain contours. Sorry to tell all you fellow "old timers," but these adjustments to light conditions just get tougher as we age.

 

[Charlie Schuessler]

Typically I wear contact lenses while skiing with either goggles or sunglasses depending on the temperature....

However in 2-weeks I’m getting new prescription sport-eyewear with auto-tinting lenses...for cycling or skiing…

This is 3 years old . You were doing some digging :lol:

Noteworthy topic worth revisiting...there are some other jewels that may be revisitied as well... :wink:

 

[Brettski]

script ray bans...no gogles...unless the guns are going...

 

[Bkroon9175]

I can't stand contacts. I weare glasses with OTG googles. I usually never have a problem. However last winter I bought a pair of SPY googles and the air flow must not have been as good in my old Scotts thus I fogged up like crazy. This year new googles.

 

[Robbski]

I have been wearing OTG goggles for as long as I can remember. The latest pair Carrera (sp) were not terribly expensive and not terribly good, tended to fog in blowing or wet (and especially after face plants).

I bought some adidas goggles and perscription inserts at my optometrists (fire sale post season). He's an avid skier and swears by his. Anyway I'm hoping they do the trick.

Now If I can only figure out how to read the trail map without bi-focals ...

 

[Greg]

I switched to contact lenses about a year ago and haven't looked back since (pun intended...).

 

[ChileMass]

Skied once with glasses on at about age 14 at Sugarloaf. Did a face-plant on some icy trail and opened up my left eyebrow pretty good. Fortunately, my eyes are good enough that I don't need them to ski, so never since........

 

[Brettski]

So what, no shades?