Our Five Favorite Pants
Tops among bottoms. These are some of our favorite new pants.
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Whether you’re grabbing in the park or hop-turning steep coulies, the Freerider stands up. Two-layer seam-taped Gore-Tex Performance Shell is plenty bomber, but Marmot also added Cordura scuff guards and internal gaiters for good measure. So go ahead, send it.
30.8 oz. [$375; marmot.com]
The bib is back, now with waterproof-breathable fabric: perfect anywhere you might ski in a deluge. Psst, there’s a stash pocket inside the chest pouch. 33.5 oz. [$320; flylowgear.com]
Three-layer stretch fabric with a built-in harness is ideal for ski mountaineers (and Frenchmen) who like to rappel and cross glaciers. 53 oz. [$450; rossignol.com]
![Gore-Tex Performance Shell is heavy-duty; 60-gram Thermogreen insulation is cozy during cold, windy descents. 27.8 oz. [$299; patagonia.com]](https://www.skimag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/patagonia-powderbowl.jpg?width=730 "Patagonia Powderbowl")
Gore-Tex Performance Shell is heavy-duty; 60-gram Thermogreen insulation is cozy during cold, windy descents. 27.8 oz. [$299;
patagonia.com]
An adjustable waist, ankle zips, inseam vents, and three-layer stretch fabric add functionality that belies the Bombshell’s style. 19.2 oz. [$219; stoicgear.com]
