You've landed in the library for our deep dive (reviews) on anything that is not a ski or part of a ski — which includes a binding, and by one degree of separation, a boot. Splitboards and clothing and any other softgood = not a ski. The not a ski category is pretty wide-ranging.
Somewhat breathable, somewhat air permeable, somewhat warm—this helps define the windshirt + category which most often is best suited for higher output activities like skinning. We run Rab’s Vapour Rise Alpine Light through the windshirt gauntlet.
Black Crows Powder Hunter collection offers a keen-looking and trimmed-down X-Pac fabric pack in the Dorsa 22.
In the realm of ether and just enough, Black Diamond’s Deploy Down Hoody provides a bump of warmth and could be a key piece in your layering system for cold-cold, and not-so-cold, days.
A ski vest might pay dividends for those preferring quick access to hydration, doo-dads, and aspirational ski-mo quickness. This season, we’ll test the Mammut Aenergy ST 20-25, a keen-looking ski vest that expands from 20 to 25L with the roll top.
Patagonia’s M10 Storm Pants are a high mobility minimalist hardshell option. Designed by alpinists, co-opted by ski tourists.
