The ‘Best Ski Pants Ever’ Are $24 at Amazon

Whether you ski double-black diamonds or stick to the bunny slopes, you need high-quality gear that moves with you, cushions your falls, and keeps you cozy and dry on the mountain. The performance of your kit can make all the difference, which is why so many people fork over hundreds for a good coat and snow pants. But don’t worry—we found budget-friendly ski pants that meet all the requirements for under $30.

The best-selling ski pants at Amazon have more than 40,000 five-star ratings and have been compared to top brands from Patagonia to Burton. You’d easily pay over $200 for those labels, but these? Never. Right now, you can actually snag them for $24.

Arctix Insulated Snow Pants

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The Arctix snow pants are up to 46 percent off, and powder hounds are so excited about it that more than 1,300 have purchased them just in the past month. They’ve been called the best, warmest ski pants ever, even by ski fanatics who have spent big money on fancier brands in the past. One wrote, “When I tell you these pants keep me warmer and perform better than any of my expensive ski pants… I mean it.”

So what makes these Amazon pants so good? One of the top-rated qualities is warmth. Inside the shell—which is 100 percent polyester woven with a dobby loom, creating tiny geometric patterns that add to its durability—is a lightweight layer of ThermaTech insulation that’s rated for temperatures as low as -20 degrees Fahrenheit. Despite the ultra-warm insulation, reviewers say the pants aren’t heavy or bulky—and they really have tested them out in 20-below weather.

One traveler hiked up Mount Kilimanjaro in them and said they still felt warm on Africa’s cold and blustery 19,341-foot peak. “I didn’t need to layer with an additional thermo bottom,” they wrote. “[They] kept me warm the entire time I was on the mountain.”

Arctix Insulated Snow Pants

Amazon

The pants are coated with a water- and wind-resistant DWR finish, and they’re designed with ballistic reinforcements around the ankles. Scuff and hem guards slow wear and tear around the bottoms, while built-in gaiters grip the outsides of your boots to block snow from getting in. The pants have a waist-button closure and feature an adjustable strap, since you certainly don’t want them sliding down your hips while you’re out on the slopes. They have fleece-lined zipper pockets, as well as an exterior ring to clip your keys or gloves into.

“We went on a ski trip this past weekend, and our cars got snowed in, so we had to hike more than four miles to the ski resort in a blizzard,” a reviewer wrote. “These pants kept me cozy and warm all day, and I want to wear them every day for the rest of my life.”

Another said that they slid down an ice- and snow-covered embankment, hiked for two days, and climbed ice caves in them, and they still look brand new. People are seriously blown away by the quality they get for a fraction of the average costs.

The pants come in more than 40 colors and four different inseams, from 27 to 33 inches. Surprisingly, they’re not the only highly rated ski pants under $50 at Amazon. We pulled five more, starting at $30, below.