Whats the difference between ski gloves and snowboard gloves?
In reality…nothing more than style and color. There are high guantlet (how far up the wrist they go) ski gloves and low gauntlet ski gloves…same thing for snowboard gloves. Yes, some have extra padding here and there, or some reinforcement on one place versus another…but essentially they are all fairly similar. That being said…they will all be similar depending on what they are made of. A cheap pair from K-Mart made of non-waterproof material will not be as good as pair from a ski shop….generally. Having said that, the best pair of gloves I bought in the past two years were $20 leather work gloves with a waterproof membrane and a Thinsulate liner. I bought them to wear when I was running the snowmaking machines…I ended up wearing them skiing too. Mountain Hardware wanted $80 for a leather glove that wasn’t even half as good. I also don’t generally wear “ski gloves”. Most days I wear a thin pair of Gore Windstopper N2S liner gloves. If it gets cold I put on a pair of OR Pro
