 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all
I've done a lot of skiing but never been to the Rockies!!! Am a bit worried about the possible -20/30 degree cold!
Will I be OK with run of the mill ski wear? I'm proposing to take my Surfanic jacket and maybe my .....wait for it.....Matalan ski jacket which is really cute!!!
Obviously I will be layering up with all the right stuff underneath.
What do you think?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You can always buy stuff there if you're chilly, so I wouldn't worry. They do a good line in neoprene face masks, which I found very handy in Feb in Banff.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Inga, Yes would second the face mask, you can buy there. We got merino balaclavas (sp?) from snow and rock before we went and they were brilliant. Base layers are one of the most important layers - make sure you've got good ones. Take a few sets as you will want some under your jeans at night aswell. Layering is best and if what you've got isn't warm enough as richmond says - go shopping when you are there as they have the stuff made for extreme cold. However don't worry as it may not be that cold - you never know in the Rockies!
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Inga, We went in early January 3 years ago coldest temperature we encountered was -42 but that was at 8am and we were in the car then, and that morning lake Louise did not open the lifts until it got to a spring like -26. That day I caved in and brought a neoprene mask as my lip stuck to my balaclava. The other thing I would not be without is silk gloves, and socks. You can buy all this in Banff or at the hill. They also do hand warmers that you can put in your boots if it's that cold. When are you going? from mid Feb it should not be that cold but then again you are in the mountains.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It's a different type of cold, very dry, I never really felt cold.
i wore normal sallopettes, thermal vest, thin feece and ski jacket, one pair of gloves, hat. Didn't really feel the need for balaclava or face mask. I just pulled my hood up on the lifts.
Only remember having really cold hands once or teice and we just went inot the lodge for a warm-up drink
It is pretty chilly if out walking at night in town, take a good thick coat and dry hat/gloves
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I walked back from the pub a mile or two in -29C - beer kept me warm hehehe. Well... the down duvet jacket helped I guess. When skiing I generally find dry cold to be no bother as long as you keep your skin exposure down and don't try to wear too much.. surprising how warm you get skiing.
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