Ski Jacket Damage

acerspader

hey,

im goin on my first ski trip at the end of month. i already have a north face jacket which would be suitable for skiing. however, because i will be falling over all the time form learning how to ski, would this damage the jacket????

thanks in advance to all.

acerspader

tywy

I've had my ski jacket since I started skiing 6 years ago, haven't got a hole in it yet!

I wouldn't worry... this is the sort of thing you buy North Face jackets for!

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emmm i should think so unless its a poorly made ski jacket which i dont think Northface is, so you should be grand, why are you so worried about damaging your jacket.

You are only going to be falling on snow and for the most part you will just probably slide, kinda hard to rip open a jacket on snow.

When you say suitable for skiing what do you mean? Most ski jackets have something called snow skirts, its an elasticated layer inside the jacket that wraps around your waste, helps prevent snow getting inside you jacket or down your pants, sometimes they have them on the sleeves to. They are also usually windproof and waterproof to an extent with some high insulating tog value.

You will be very uncomfortable if you get snow inside your clothes. Being soaked while on a freezing mountain is not a pleasant experience.

tywy

The snowskirt is definitely a useful thing. They even come on the cheapest ski jackets now, but if that North Face jacket isn't for specifically for skiing I doubt it will have one. The alternative is getting proper salopettes that have dungarees, that probably would have the same effect as long as they're up high enough. I think snowskirts are probably more useful for snowboarders.

On my second ski holiday, on the last day I went down a red with my dad, it was very icy and my ski would not grip and suddenly I was tumbling down the slope. Was fine at the bottom but when I got back to the apartment I realised there was a bit lump in my jacket. The snowskirt was holding a big lump of snow that must have gone down my jacket as I tumbled... weird :P

Don1

Jackets tend to get damaged less as the are loose and move around and you tend to roll off the pressure points. It's the pants and gloves that get it more so in my experience.
Only damaged clothing I have is my pants with a tiny tear from a crash into a suicidal skier. She slashed my pants with a stupidly sharp ski pole!

acerspader

cheers guys for responces.

the jacket has the snowskirts inside, so i think i will use it for the trip. any tips for a first timer??

acerspader

Don1

Get some lessons, then enjoy it! Ski trips are the best holiday on earth!