Plus Size Ski Pants
Ah, downhill skiing. This has probably been the hardest category of gear for me, as a plus size (and short) woman. Ski pants turned out to be a different sort of problem from the normal outdoor clothing issues I have had. With something like hiking pants, I really just need them to be made in my size, but with ski pants I found some that were my size and found another problem. All the extra padding on top of my "extra padding" made it basically impossible for me to maneuver! So, I realized I needed thin ski pants so that I could still move and not reenact The Christmas Story scene with the younger brother. I first tried my favorite pair of REI fleece lined leggings with rain pants. Sidebar: these are magical leggings that I'm not sure are even made anymore. They have some real Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants shit going on with them - I bought them (a size XL) when I was 21 years old and a size 16, at my largest last year, age 37 and a size 22/24 they still fit! They