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Walking / climbing boots / approach shoes along with gaiters should snow be deep and you're walking across fields etc to the bars etc
Otherwise driving / clearing snow - Sorrels
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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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@Hells Bells, I took OH to a posh hotel in Obergurgl this December as it was a big birthday for him, (in vast contrast with cheap 'n cheerful Mountainsun Tignes chalet where we'd usually go). Most of the women there dressed for dinner in nice frocks and heels. But then they weren't Brits so had probably driven there with a boot full of stuff.
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I think it basically comes down to what appearance you're going for...
British middle class one-week-a-year it's-all-about-the-apres
Big boldly coloured moon boots, make sure to tuck trousers inside so whole boot is on display
British middle class one-week-a-year try-and-look-like-you-do-this-more-often
Expensive North Face insulated gore-tex boots with sheepskin round the top; looking like they've been out of the box 10 minutes
British middle class one-week-a-year look-like-a-pro-it-makes-you-ski-better
Expensive Scarpa hiking boots; looking like they've been out of the box 10 minutes
Normal person
Whatever boots you normally wear
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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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Just a top tip IF you're going skiing in Japan - many, many places will have hot springs and they use that to keep the streets and footpaths clear... which means slushy or running water - so Uggs would not be a suitable shoe/boot.
anything waterproofey.... 
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I only ever wear training shoes when wandering round and my feet haven't fallen off yet.
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@honeybunny I love those boots!
Thinking about questioning the need for boots, obviously when the kids were small we always bought them so they could play in the snow and so have worn them every year due to habit. As the kids are now teens and not having skied last year I suddenly questioned the need for them. Anyway as Pamski suggested I will get those Sorels as they are in sale with about 60% off and will certainly wear them at other times. Everyone else is sorted with some form of suitable footwear. Thanks
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I have a set of snow boots from Decathlon bought several years ago. Whilst it's not life or death having them in the resort it does make a couple of things more pleasant. They are warm and slip on and off easily without laces, so when I get in/out of the car at the carpark at the chairlift and put on/off ski boots it's less fuffing about than 10 hole Dr Martins. When you are out and about in town and put your foot in 6" of slush it doesn't fill your shoes with icey water. 
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@dp, I've tried (20 years ago) wearing my 'Whatever boots you normally wear' and I can confirm that Le Chameau wellies are certainly warm and give good grip, but they do get a bit sweaty sitting in restaurants. You also get some funny looks.
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so Uggs would not be a suitable shoe/boot.
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Nothing else needed in this post. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Weekend away in chalet hand luggage only, wear £12 in sale decathlon snow boots, no other outdoor footwear needed. Hotel for week, will take some more casual shoes or trainers.
A family in our hotel last year came to dinner every night in moonboots😀
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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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Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Mon 9-01-17 13:56; edited 1 time in total
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I just use my walking boots. In fact I wear them in UK in the winter most days, too. But I've noticed that all the tradesmen who come to my Swiss apartment wear boots with velcro closures. Not hugely stylish, but much easier if you are going in and out of people's homes. I've been meaning to get some, but in the last eight years of Swiss property ownership, my walking boots have not worn out.
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You know it makes sense.
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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 always pack my ski jacket in my hold luggage, so if I don't wear snow-boots, how will the riff-raff at the airport know I'm going skiing?!?? 
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Poster: A snowHead
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I wear a pair of approach shoes i.e. like trainers but a bit more water-resistant and with a Vibram-type sole. I've not found any need for boots. I guess if you have to shovel snow you might but that isn't part of my ski holiday.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Pretty much nothing is necessary. Some people would get by with plimsoles in carrier bags with spikes on the bottom. For others boots such as the Sorels are absolutely fab. You pay your money and make your choice. Though I would recommend a bag for life if going the plimsole route.
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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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-30degC in the town a few years back in Canada. A (what we thought were a) decent pair of boots had the soles disintegrate as it was too cold as we walked down the street one afternoon. It was a trip into the local outdoor wear shop to buy something that was built for those type of temperatures!!!
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| Legend. wrote: |
| Pretty much nothing is necessary. Some people would get by with plimsoles in carrier bags with spikes on the bottom. For others boots such as the Sorels are absolutely fab. You pay your money and make your choice. Though I would recommend a bag for life if going the plimsole route. |
Actually, having played frequent tennis on frost covered courts I can strongly recommend the following for dramatically improved grip when wearing trainers.
1. Remove trainers
2. Remove socks
3. Replace trainers
4. Replace socks on top of trainers.
It's exactly like a 'snow sock' for your tyre except you use a ..... sock
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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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