The La Sportiva Storm Fighter GTX pant is a lightweight shell pant with active fit (i.e. not a baggy ski pant), Gore Tex Active fabric, and nearly-full side zips. I’ve been impressed with the Gore Tex Active material since I started using an\u00a0Arc’teryx Beta FL a couple seasons ago (before Arc’teryx stopped using Gore Tex Active in their FL series). The thought of using a pant in the material is intriguing to me; perhaps even the solution to a layering problem I’ve been trying to solve. I was interested to get my hands on these pants and see if they would meet my needs and pass my picky standards for gear design.<\/p>\n
The pants come in small\/medium\/large,etc sizing and are adjustable at the waist using two velcro tabs at the rear of the pant. The down size of this is that down-sizing the pants creates a pocket of material that could allow any snow to breach the waist hem of your upper layers to enter your pant more easily. The inseam in the smalls was approximately 32″ (I’m a 30×32 pant size). You can see in the photos how the pants fit over a pair of La Sportiva Nepal Primes. Additional minor details include some reflective highlights that won’t hurt if you spend some mornings skinning up groomers before the lifts start running.<\/p>\n\n\t\t