 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi all,
In the past I've used my mountaineering shell salopettes for skiing on top of a pair of fleece salopettes for warmth. Frustratingly, the fleece salopettes don't have a wide enough ankle to go over the top of ski boots (fine over mountaineering boots - guess that's what they're designed for!) so I've ended up wearing them inside my boots 'wrapped' around my leg.
As you can imagine, this had led to some uncomfortable friction/rubbing/blistering so I'm looking for some ideas for warm 'mid' layer trousers/salopettes that either have a wide enough ankle that they'll go over the top of ski boots or are close enough that they'll go under without needing 'folding'.
Of course, I could just go out and buy some 'proper' ski pants but what on earth would be the fun in that?
Any ideas from the collective, as ever, would be gratefully received.
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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?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Stick with the shells. The Sweet 3/4-lengths linked to above are ace (but pretty warm, they're for cold days). I also have the normal Helly leggings, but cut the bottoms off to make them 3/4-length. Often I don't need extra layers on my legs though, and just wear my boxers under the shells.
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Oh lordy, do not put anything other than thin socks and your feet inside ski boots!!
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Colin, good luck with them, I tried them a couple of seasons ago but found them really bulky around the waist. Though they are cheap and quite a decent quality fleece. Good enough for lounging about in anyway.
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You could just slice the bottom of your fleece trews. Then all you need to do is to buy some cheap anklewarmers if you need to take them out with normal footwear in the future 
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sarah, I tried them on the other day with everything else under/over them. They didn't feel too bad, we'll see next week, very cold temps forecast 
Cotswold suggested a RAB alternative to those Sweet polartec things. They are pretty skin tight though and over skin tight merino I didn't think they'd be too comfortable.
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Thanks for the excellent advice. I'd never really thought about the 3/4 length before so might give them a shot.
Just signed up for sportpursuit so am thinking about the Sweet Protection ones. Reckon they'd be ok on top of some base layer leggings and under a shell? I hate having cold legs and would rather be a bit warm than too cold!
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Right, I'm going for the Sweet Protection ones through sportpursuit.
It's a bit embarrassing, but I'm completely foxed by their sizing chart. I've got a 36(ish) inch waste and a 30 inch leg in regular jeans. Should I be going for medium or large? The last thing I want is to get the wrong damn size!
Any suggestions?
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EvilWeevil, you can use the Sweet ones as a base layer too, just a fairly thick/warm one - no need for anything underneath.
Sweet stuff tends to run a little large, but the thermals are tighter fitting than the rest of their stuff. I normally wear 32/30 jeans, the medium is about the right size, just a touch on the large size. The medium top fits great on my shoulders but a bit loose around the middle.
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I had some cheap long johns which I just chopped the bottoms off - they didn't unravel, though some might, in which case you could sew a hem or just zig zag round them, if you could be bothered. If you're buying new, 3/4 is the way to go.
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You know it makes sense.
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EvilWeevil, I'm a 36 waist and went for XL and they are a good fit. i do have quite well developed glutes (aka a big ar5e) though
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Cheers all. Just put an order in for a large so fingers crossed I don't eat too many mince pies over Christmas!
Thanks for all the help and suggestions.
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