The North Face Women's Dawnstrike Gore-Tex Insulated Pants

These Dawnstrike pants are warm and completely waterproof & windproof. Awesome for cold, wet days on the slopes. They fit to size, with extra room in the legs for free movement.

These women's Dawnstrike pants I ordered in the short leg length for my fiancee, who is only about 5' tall. In addition to recently ordering these pants for my fiancee, over the past decade I have ordered 3 of these pants, men's version, for myself. (The first one finally got a bit raggedy from use and abuse, so I ordered another to replace them, and more recently I lost weight and ordered the next size down.) These same pants used to be called the "Powder Flo," and for some reason The North Face stopped making them for a couple seasons, so I'm glad they're now back as the "Dawnstrike." Simply put, these are the best ski pants on the planet. The durability of the outer layer material, the Gore-Tex membrane, and the large and perfectly placed zippered pockets for everything I normally carry on the slopes is a must for me. It doesn't make sense to me why most ski pants these days skimp on the pockets, except I guess some people find it's a more attractive streamlined look, which is really quite foolish considering the benefit most skiers get from having the storage space of 4 reasonably large front-accessible pockets. Of course all of this wouldn't mean much if these ski pants didn't fit well, and I can say they fit exceptionally well. Aside from their overall design and construction, the huge benefit with these ski pants are that they are available in 3 different leg lengths. Why aren't the vast majority of other ski clothing manufacturers doing this? Probably because they assume the consumer to be ignorant and overlook that, I guess. But for me, as I have shorter legs, it's a huge deal! It was annoying when I used to find myself stepping on the back of the lower cuff of the ski pants I used to have before I discovered these one's from The North Face. My only wish is that The North Face offered these pants in one or two insulated versions, because they're more of a shell, although the 3 layers do add some amount of insulating value.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] True to size, incredibly warm and waterproof for the slopes

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Love the fit and feel

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought these because it gets so darn cold where I live. WOW these would have been amazing if I would've gotten the right size for myself. Amazing customer service!! So easy to return! Free shipping on returns as well!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] These pants are amazing! Incredibly versatile and well made definitely would keep ya warm and dry!!! I live in Minnesota where it can get below 40windchill. They were just huge! Customer service was fantastic! Free shipping for returns!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Love them only problem is I am 5'3 so they are long

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Just the right amount of insulation for lift serve, while keeping a slim fit. I'm a tele skier and these pants flex well.