Skiing with contacts

Not contacts as in people you know, the ones you put in your eyes.

Mr Nelly has started wearing them recently so this will be his first ski trip with them (so I won't keep losing him and he'll be able to read the menu without help from me)

Anyone had any problems that he should know about? Or should he just carry on as normal?

Thinking more of the cold than anything.

Ta x

I assume he will be wearing goggles on mountain? If I were him I'd carry my glasses anyway, it is very uncomfortable if the lenses dry out, he may or may not be able to use drops in conjunction with his lenses, if he doesn't know then a quick chat with the optician is in order.
Don't let him forget to hydrate on mountain, he will feel it in his eyes before he actually realises he is thirsty.
Friends that I ski with have had no problems with skiing with contact lenses, the advice above is from one of them. The only person I am aware of with a big issue had managed to get his contact solution wedged (unbeknownst to him) in between his boot and liner somehow. Getting contact lens solution was not a problem, boot pain was. Boy did he feel stupid when his mistake came to light several days later after considerable pain.

Mrs O is a contacts wearer and is usually fine. As lilywhite says goggles work much better than sunnys to stop the eyes drying out in the wind.

She lost one half way down the home run in Livigno a few years ago and had to finish the run with one eye - luckily the optician in town spoke to hers in the UK and got her sorted

Niece wears contacts with both glasses and goggles - has done for years - not aware of any problems.

I started skiing in contacts last year – sooo much better than over the glasses goggles as no problems with fogging etc. I prefer to ski in goggles rather than sunglasses when wearing lenses as my eyes water excessively when it's cold and I'm always afraid I'll lose them (the lenses, not the eyes...). The exception is when it's warm (ish) and sunny when I find I can get away with wrap-around sunglasses. Personally I don't carry my prescription glasses with me as I'm worried they'll break in a fall and I don't have suitable pockets for a hard case. However my eyesight is at a level where I could get home safely without either which may not be the case for others.

I wear contacts and never had a problem with them, If anything ive had problems with glasses because They steam up when i go in a warm building or in a gondola!

Have used disposable lenses for five years with no problems. I always have a spare pair in my rucksack, and a pair of glasses back at the hotel.

i wear disposables for skiing. Keep a spare pair and my specs in a hard case with me.
The only problem I had was the fluff from my hat sticking to the foam of the goggles and then getting in my eyes. But done away with that as I wear a helmet now (don't want to start the hat v helmet debate up tho!!).