Neoprene ski masks

It's lunchtime (ish) and my thoughts turn to the weekend, I mean, my holiday in Sweden in a few weeks.

It may well be very cold and I will probably take a neoprene mask.

You can get half-facers that cover the mouth nose and ears, but not the skull and eyes, and full gimpers that cover the skull too.

Given that I will be wearing a helmet with goggles, a half-facer seems like the way to go, but if you have any experience with these things, please let me know.

Cheers

dobby

Only ever used neoprene hoods as a scuba diver. I think you may find it very hot and claustrophbic with a tendency to retain moisture. As i say though, i use them when diving, maybe the ski ones are a different design in order to get round the issues i mentioned?
Personally i have never experienced a cold head whilst wearing a ski helmet. If its really cold i have used a balaclava to cover cheeks and chin and that has worked for me in temps down to -20.
However, not everybody is the same, so good luck with whatever you choose. Staying warm is the important part.

Had one years ago and was a waste of time to be honest. Uncomfortable, gets wet, steamy goggles, look like a psycho.

Buff should be fine, if is colder than that you are not likely to be skiing. For cold days I would normally wear a thermal layer which has a hood incorporated into it; which I pull up so is under my helmet. That with a buff pulled upto nose and goggles keeps you pretty well sealed, with only the jacket hood used for when there is blizzard conditions.

Was pretty nippy in Alps this morning, three thermal layers a thin synthetic down thing and a soft shell and my hands and feet were suffering. Looks like tomorrow is a full Michelin man day.

Got one and was just about to write a length reply, but...

Ranchero_1979 wrote:Uncomfortable, gets wet, steamy goggles, look like a psycho.

Nails it! :lol:

What Ranchero said; a buff/snoody thing is much better.

Cheers, all. Nose chin and cheeks are the concern, really. The old bonce is always warm under the helmet.

Buffs for us. I've not tried the balaclava approach. We've only had one truly cold holiday and that was in Hemsedal in December 2010. The warmest it got was -15 and we had one day when it was -25. It was more or less impossible to enjoy the skiing at times particularly when on exposed chair lifts when I think the wind chill was well below -30.

I think it's unlikely in Are in mid Feb although the hindcast on snow-forecast does show that it was -20 in 2011 (-30 with wind chill).

We've got thermal buffs which are really good at cutting out the cold but they do stink a bit after a couple of days. Also got some merino wool ones as well which do not stink up as much but I do't think they are as warm. In 2010 I was actually doubling up at times.

There's always this:

I knew I should have removed that picture from Grindr......