Way back when I first bought a softshell, I used to use it layering under a hardshell to ski.


It took me a long time to realize that, it really was okay to use a softshell as an outer layer skiing, I just remember back when I was learning to ski and my not fully waterproof pants would be soaked from me falling in the snow all day.

But now I pretty much ski (cross country or downhill) in softshell pants (my ibex backcountry pants rule) exclusively and on warmer days I ski with a softshell, and on windy days or colder ones, I put a hardshell on.

I still have one medium bio merino wool bra in purple that I listed on here to sell a while back if medium fits you. Ibex does make some nice merino wool/softshell mixture jackets. I know one of mine has pitzips. Okay, 2 of them - one I got new, and another one I got used off ebay that seems to be a really old model that I love.