 Poster: A snowHead
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My father is coming skiing with me next week and it will be the first time in a few years and he doesnt have a great deal of or any kit, so was going to lend him some of mine, ba lot of my kit is for charging all day waterproof but not overly hot.
I think this holiday will be taken at a more leisurely pace than usual so I was considering offering my lightweight synthetic down to go under one of my shells or just giving him my 800 fill down jacket (will he be too hot).
Any advice greatly appreciated?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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I skied in my Patagonia with a down lining (about the same thickness as one of their thin jackets) in -29 in Lake Louise and was warm enough, in Serre Chevalier at about 0 deg I was just starting to get on the too hot side when we hiked up a 30 minute ridge in the sun. I run quite warm, ie don't feel the cold too much, if that's any help.
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Unless it's -10c a down jacket might be overkill. The shell and insulation layer should be more flexible.
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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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Only if it is really really cold!
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I ski in my Down jacket on nice sunny days. If I am too hot unzip a little & fasten back up on lifts.
Only ever get overly hot when blasting about 
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and it's synthetic down being discussed...
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+1
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+1 for the Atom Hoody. Very good range of temperatures in which it is comfortable.
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Plus 2 for the Atom LT, but there's no way on earth I'd ski in my 750 fill down jacket. Waaay too hot.
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I do! But I'm a girl, there's not very much of me, and I get cold. And when I'm cold I get miserable. Years ago I used to ski in a RAB down jacket, now I ski in a North Face 600 fill down ski jacket if it looks like it's not going to be much above zero degrees all day.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Thanks for the advice all, it looks like ski hard no, ski leisurely then maybe, I have a rab xenon x hoody which is very similar to the above, I will let him have that as a an extra layer under a ski jacket if needed and leave the down jacket at home.
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i skied in my Rab down jacket last weekend and was fine when it was cold but in the trees, on a windless day I was baking. the sweat started coming through the stitching. I won't be wearing it next week in Les Arcs.
A bit like the OP, I wore it so my son (who really is warm blooded) could use my coat because the idiot managed to come skiing without a coat or gloves.
Try and treat him like an adult (17) and leave him to pack his own kit and he pulls a blinder like that!
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You know it makes sense.
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haha skribble, this very much reminds me of the conversation I had last night, dont bring to much as I will give you kit when you arrive, he rings at lunch today and says he is 1.5kg over, so who knows what e's packed in there, we are also off to les arcs tomorrow morning.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I skied in a light down jacket in Feb in Austria a few years ago, but I was wearing that and a base-layer and nothing else.
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Poster: A snowHead
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feef, 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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skribble, I would have made him ski without jacket and gloves. He wouldn't forget them again i'm sure. 
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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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It wouldn't be for me; I was plenty warm enough last week in a merino baselayer and shell jacket down to minus 24c. I would boil to death in a down jacket, that said my missus would be fine in it, I guess it just depends on the individual.
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GottaCatchEmAll, really !! -24 ' where were you skiing ???
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