Skiing clothing

All good advice about the proper boots to walk around in - also the slippers after getting in. The problem with boots is when you get to a place where there is dancing - they are a bit clumsy then. I wonder if there are folding shoes, or similar, which you can pull out of your pocket, and swap while you are at said establishment?

Boot room to bedroom crocs high enough of floor not to get feet wet !
Apres timberlands excellent or try wiggle picked up some salomon walking shoes for £35.00
Ski wear M&S thermal log johns, always put ski socks on first, micro fleece on top but good quality, better to have good quality breathable clothing than lots of inadequate layers
Hope this helps
Saying that the way the weathers looking possibly no snow anyway !!!!!

I must have some sort of internal heating engine as I never ski in anything under my jacket bar a T-Shirt/Base layer (alright -20 in Vermont meant a jumper/sweatshirt/fleece on some days)

Bottom wise I have NEVER worn anything under my sallopettes and I'm often too warm in them anyway. My gear is good quality but not stupidly expensive so I'd say be prepared for anything as different strokes suit different folks it seems!

Maybe Geordies are just hard/daft?

Oh and deffo walking shoes for resort (worst fall I ever had was in trainers on an icy back road in Pas that broke 3 ribs but didn't stop me skiing)and some kind of slippers for chalet

Huwcyn wrote:All good advice about the proper boots to walk around in - also the slippers after getting in. The problem with boots is when you get to a place where there is dancing - they are a bit clumsy then. I wonder if there are folding shoes, or similar, which you can pull out of your pocket, and swap while you are at said establishment?

Are we talking about ballroom dancing here?

I used to wear Matalan polo shirts, £4.00, a fresh one each day. A sweater over, then a jacket. Then I discovered Merino. The under layer costs about £40, the top about £80, although you do occasionally find a good price.

The under layer lasts a week with no wash, the top lasts all season without a wash.

Another advantage is the reduction in baggage weight over the two scenarios by about 4Kg.

I reckon my baggage weight would be permanently well under 15Kg, including boots and painting gear, if I did not persist with taking my Wildschönau racing club sweater, heavy wool. Nostalgia weighs deep......

Oh, and spot on, Young Andy. I have used slippers in the ski room since my twenties. Absolutely common sense. It is also polite, at least in Austria, when you are visiting a private house, to take a pair of slippers with you, and change into them just inside the hallway.

I get itchy if I have anything other than cotton next to my skin - wool or synthetics for example. So I'm afraid I ski in cotton T-Shirts and cotton leggings for my thermals, although I know this isn't recommended.

And I walk about the resort in trainers (I haven't fallen over yet, although this may be more to do with being T-total than the grip on their soles), however I do agree that walking boots would be a better idea but I just can't be bothered with all that extra weight and bulk in my luggage and the initial expenditure as I walk about the hills at home in my wellies.

Ally

AllyG wrote:I get itchy if I have anything other than cotton next to my skin - wool or synthetics for example. So I'm afraid I ski in cotton T-Shirts and cotton leggings for my thermals, although I know this isn't recommended.

And I walk about the resort in trainers (I haven't fallen over yet, although this may be more to do with being T-total than the grip on their soles), however I do agree that walking boots would be a better idea but I just can't be bothered with all that extra weight and bulk in my luggage and the initial expenditure as I walk about the hills at home in my wellies.

Ally

Mmmmm walking boots are not the best for grip walking around an icy and snowy resort you are better off with a softer sole snow boot it will give you much more grip.

What are snow boots and are they good for anything other than walking in snow?