Does anyone know of a very good, tough, waterproof winter pant?

I am a guide for dogsled trips and the North Face Hyvent (men’s Freedom, I believe) pants I bought a year ago are nearly comlpetely in shreds. Where my boots slide by each other as I walk, the reinforced cuffs are worn through. From climbing in and out of sleds and kneeling to care for the dogs the crotch has split. The knees are worn thin from being dragged along hard packed (icy) trail when I’ve had to dive for participant’s loose sleds. And then there was that incident with a snow hook…
Am I stuck with buying new pants each guiding season, or does anyone have a good suggestion? (By the way, my North Face jacket has been working out just great!)

You’d definetely want snowmobile pants over ski or snowboard pants. North Face snow pants are excellent pants, but they are more meant for skiing, snowboarding, or regular winter wear. They just aren’t meant for that kind of wear & tear!

There are many great brands of snowmobile pants/bibs to choose from. Choko, Coldwave, HJC are all really great brands. The brand I’d recommend you look into is Klim. Klim isn’t your ordinary brand of snowmobile clothing, their apparel is designed for the most hardcore snowmobiler. Klim jackets and pants are most rugged winter apparel you can buy.

Here are some links for Klim, Choko, HJC, and Coldwave.

(Klim homepage)

http://www.klimusa.com/index.php?ctrl=snow

(Klim retailer)

http://www.buyklim.com/

(Klim retailer)

http://www.helmetoutletusa.com/index.cgi?Function=Snowmobile&Manuf=Klim

(Choko homepage)

http://www.chokodesign.com/en/whatweare.htm

(Choko retailer)

http://www.chokoclothing.com/default.asp

Coldwave homepage)

http://www.coldwavesnowwear.com/

(Retailer for HJC & Coldwave apparel)

http://www.extragear1.com/get_dept_179.htm

Hope this helps. There is also one more garment worth mentioning, I don’t know if this might interest you, but it is designed for dog sledding in mind. Its the Cabela’s Trans-Alaska Suit.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat21082-cat601862&id=0005216921205a&navCount=1&podId=0005216921205&parentId=cat601862&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=ISB&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601862

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat21082-cat601862&id=0042025922862a&navCount=1&podId=0042025922862&parentId=cat601862&masterpathid=&navAction=push&catalogCode=ISB&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601862

Best of luck!!

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