Ski Mittens
Your typical ski mittens isn't designed as your normal cold weather mitten, they are designed specifically for the slopes and specifically for dexterity. Since most cold weather mittens were created for city life, or normal resident lives, they simply couldn't withstand the forces of skiing or snowboarding and constantly let snow and water in. Ski mittens are used to keep out snow, water, wipe outs, falls, and your general movements while skiing. In fact most use special protectants and Velcro snaps to guarantee that your hands stay dry throughout the whole day.
Mittens are fantastic as they are much easier to put on and take off then gloves. Gloves also have a tendency to rip in the fingers as time goes on. Since there's less finger movement the overall control and availability to remove and put on your mittens is very easy. If you have children, you'll know what a pain it is to put on gloves and take gloves off. If you do require more dexterity you may want to consider gloves, although again, they usually create much more of hassle putting on and taking off and generally experience a soaking wet finger or two throughout the day as as result of having to hassle with them.
Either way though it doesn't matter if you choose gloves or mittens, what is crucially important is whether or not your gloves are waterproof. I highly suggest ski mittens that are strictly water proof. I guarantee that any non-waterproof mittens you get will end up being a waste of money. It doesn't matter how much insulation you have if at the end of the day you have water inside your gloves. There are many different types of insulation and waterproofing available, and if you are looking for the best materials be sure to purchase those that have secured seams and use highly specialized materials. These materials include things like, deluge DWR polyester, Cordura Ventia, Ventia, treated leather and a few other synthetic materials. Generally these will be rather expensive, but at the end of the day they are extremely worth it if you happen to fall down even once during the day.
After waterproofing you'll want to take a look at the insulation features of your new ski mittens. Be sure that they feel decent on your hand and you are comfortable with the way they feel. Fleece is one of the most commonly used fabrics for insulation, and with due reason. It's a light material that dries extremely quickly while providing an excellent warmth to your hands. There are also many other types of mainstream fabrics that are commonly used in mittens, these commonly are polar fleece, microfleece and synthetic thermal insulation materials. For those more basic individuals you can find natural fabrics like wool. Wool is obviously much better at trapping heat, although they will take a much longer time to dry if you in fact get them too wet.
Whatever you decide, ski mittens are absolutely essential to your time on the slopes. Going without mittens is simply not an option, so be sure to have a nice set of mittens on hand or you may be dealing with frostbite. Try finding materials that are tough, light, and effective at what they are supposed to do. Keeping out the wetness of the slopes.
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