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Teenage boys and ski wear

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soupdragon321 · 08/12/2022 07:41

Off to Austria next Saturday with teenage DS’s and DH. Our first time and we’re hiring ski jackets, trousers ski boots etc. both DH and I will be wearing our winter walking boots out there, but do we need to buy walking boots for the boys or do teen boys just wear trainers? Am not really keen to buy boots for a five day trip that the boys won’t wear again back home! Or that they will moan about wearing if they see all the other teens are just wearing trainers! Thanks 😊

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mum11970 · 09/12/2022 08:03

What about Adidas waterproof hiking shoes or boots? He may actually wear them again as they look more like trainers.

mum11970 · 09/12/2022 08:04

There’s pretty much always an adidas 30% off code knocking around

LIZS · 09/12/2022 08:13

RhubarbFairy · 09/12/2022 07:03

I'm having a similar struggle at the moment. DS1 is 11 so will absolutely be playing in the snow. Trouble is, he's a size adult 8! All snow boots seem to stop at 4 (which means trouble next year for DS2 as he's 9 and a 4). Unless I buy ladies ones, but they're very obviously womens.

DH has waterproof walking shoes that look like trainers that have always served him well on snow holidays, so we're going to have to get DS1 some like that I think.

You can definitely get adult sized, try Trespass, Mountain Warehouse, Decathlon.

Muchtoomuchtodo · 09/12/2022 08:19

Thee are loads of snowboots locally on our Facebook marketplace atm, might be worth having a look? If not sports direct usually come up trumps for not too much money.

Decathlon thermals definitely come recommended from us. Tops and bottoms. 2 or 3 pairs each is fine for a week. Their gloves aren’t bad too, we always buy thin liner gloves too in case it very cold (which it may well be at this time of year).

windproof buffs are useful too for on lifts.

you will have a great time if the dc are warm and dry, but it couldn’t be a different story if they don’t have the right stuff!

LIZS · 09/12/2022 10:17

Mountain Warehouse did have buy one get one free on neckgaiters (which can extend to balaclava style hat or as neckwarmer).

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