Properly maintaining your winter equipment is the best way to ensure it lasts for years on the slopes. In our Care and Maintenance guides, we provide expert advice on how to wash, dry, and store your ski gear without damaging its waterproof coatings or insulation. Follow our mountain-tested tips to keep your equipment in peak condition season after season.
Most skiers know within ten minutes of a session whether their gloves are still doing their job. The warmth that used to hold through the whole lift ride is gone by the second chairlift. The inside of the glove feels […]
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The gloves skiers throw away after one or two seasons are almost never structurally defective. They are gloves that were dried on a radiator too many times, stored damp in a bag, never conditioned, or washed in a machine that
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So you’re halfway through gearing up. Boots? Buckled. Helmet? Snug. Goggles? Clear. Gloves? Well… that’s where it falls apart. You tug them on, and suddenly realize the strap that’s supposed to tighten around your wrist is dangling uselessly. Or maybe
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So picture this: you finally land at your ski destination, drag your bag into the lodge, unzip it… and boom. That unmistakable stench of wet ski gloves hits you like a slap. It’s part mildew, part sweat, part “old hockey
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There is a specific, cringeworthy moment every skier knows: you pull your gloves out of your gear bag on a cold January morning, slide your hands inside, and a smell hits you like a middle-school locker room. It’s a mix
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So there you are—ski boots tossed in the corner, goggles fogged up, cheeks red from the cold—and now you’re holding two damp ski gloves that feel like wet sponges. The mountain was incredible, but you know tomorrow’s gonna be brutal
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There is a specific moment on the mountain when you realize your gloves have lost their grip. Your pole plants feel uncertain. You tighten your fist harder to compensate. By noon your forearm aches even though you haven’t skied anything
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When a ski glove tears on the mountain, duct tape can be a reliable same-day fix for small to medium fabric tears, seam splits, and worn-through palm zones. Knowing how to repair ski gloves with duct tape correctly — specifically,
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Yes — rubbing a plain wax candle onto the outer shell of your ski gloves and melting it in with a hair dryer creates a practical water-repellent barrier that performs similarly to a basic DWR coating. It works on the
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There is a distinct, sinking feeling every skier knows. You are on the chairlift, the wind is howling at 20 mph, and you feel a sharp jet of freezing air hitting your thumb. You look down and see it: the
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