Message #16640

[jbotti]

I personaly think breathability is way overrated for resort skiing. Where I find breathability to be very important is for back country skiing especially when you are skinning and hiking. Here you are working for your turns and generating a lot of body heat when you aren't skiing (which is most of the time unfortunately) and having a shell that breathes and the ability to add and take off layers is essential. For resort skiing I find that having pits zips is all that I need especially if I have an insulated jacket and wear minmal layers. I do find this to be vastly superior to shells with many layers again for lift access skiing where you are seated on fast (or slow) moving lifts between runs.