Our Guide to Snow Clothes

We carry a wide range of brands, models, styles, colors, fits, etc. (some examples below), therefore only ranges for buy prices or values are listed. Rental prices do not differ based on brand, model, etc.

General Notes

• We choose what we carry based on extensive research on what's the best value to our customers (e.g., price given performance & durability features) across all the top brands. We specifically do not carry every brand & model; for details on why we do/don't carry certain items in the following What To Use & How To Choose section
• Buy prices a grayed out box indicates we don't sell it (we may only rent snow clothes of this model)
• Rent prices are the starting prices; enter trip dates on our Catalog to get exact prices (based on total trip length, not per day!). We also don't charge sales tax, an automatic savings of almost 10%!

When you hire snow clothes online, you can select from available options or we'll pick out something for you. You can also write-in any preferences on the last page of checkout. This section describes the majority of our models & options, but sometimes we carry others.

Size & Fit

For jackets & pants

Compared to street clothes or other technical clothing layers, outer layers size...

• Larger so you can have mid-layers underneath (which can be very puffy!)
• Longer so you can get more coverage
• Longer pants to go over the tall boots used in skiing or snowboarding

For more info on fit, check the Style section of our general clothing guide. Therefore, our size table below is a very general set of guidelines. To be more helpful our guidelines are based on street pants sizing (since it's more numeric), and the same size generally applies to both pants & jackets for a given person. We recommend trying on multiple brands & models/ products, this is where renting jackets for snow and renting snow pants can be really helpful! Here are some sizing tips:

• For rental snow jackets and pants, people often jump between sexes to find a closer fit or where availability is an issue, that's why you can think of all the sizes on the same row as being roughly comparable, particularly in waist (there may be some length differences, e.g., a woman's XXS may be longer than a boy's S)
• You want good freedom of motion: you should be able to swing your arms up/down & in a circle, or do a full squat, without feeling tight or pinching
• Gaiters (the elastic part) should fit over & not be tucked in. E.g., pant gaiters should go over ski/snow boots, snow skirt aka powder skirt should not be tucked into your pants
• We don't distinguish in our catalog between rental ski jackets and rental snowboard jackets nor between renting ski pants and renting snowboard pants. Basically, snowboarders tend to prefer a looser, slightly baggier fit. We carry a wide variety, and encourage you to try on in-store to see what works for you

For gloves & mittens

The chart above can also be used for general comparisons of sizing across sex & age (e.g., a Men's S glove is roughly comparable to a Women's M; an adult S is roughly comparable to a youth XL). However, the additional complexity is that a single letter size has to account for both hand & wrist size. In our experience, therefore, when comparing across sex or age, glove sizing is usually slightly offset. For example, a Men's S glove will feel slightly larger than a Women's M (assumption that men have sightly larger wrists than women), or an adult S will feel slightly larger than a youth XL (assumption that adults have larger wrists than youth). We currently do not have sexes on our rental gloves or mittens, because so few people are familiar with handwear sizing, anyway. We recommend picking the same letter as your jacket or pants.

Lastly, it's a bit of a debate if your fingers should touch the ends of the gloves or not; we would recommend yes to improve insulation & dexterity.

For form fitting, inner layers

Such as for our "Adult mid-layers", we recommend a difference of 2 sizes across sexes (e.g., a Women's L is more similar to a Men's S).

We have a general protip on how to store & maintain gear that we highly recommend reviewing as well. If you send us video or a good photo series, we may be able to help you evaluate your repair needs.