Norrøna Women's lofoten Gore-Tex thermo60 Pants 26/27

Women's lofoten thermo60 pants. GORE-TEX outside, the lighter of Norrøna's synthetic insulation weights inside, matched deliberately to the thermo80 jacket rather than matched for its own sake.

Legs run warmer than torsos on a chairlift because they're doing work and your upper body isn't. Weighting the pants lighter than the jacket is the correct engineering answer, and it means you're less likely to overheat on the one part of your body that overheats first.

Reinforced scuff guards where boots and edges land, side venting for spring afternoons, and a snap-seal waist connection to the matching lofoten jacket that keeps snow out on deep days.

Sized to run over a base layer and nothing more, since the insulation is already built in. Don't size up out of layering habit — try them on over what you'll actually wear underneath, which for most people is one thin base layer.