Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Building that ski outfit begins, of course, with the base layer. You want ...

Cool to touch (and to look at, especially when compared to some of the items in the range), the Skien Valley Hoodie from Columbia is a lightweight, long-sleeved top that can be worn as a base layer ...

The outer shell gets all the glory, but the piece that decides whether your day goes well is the one you pull on first. A base layer is the next-to-skin part of the system, the thing that sits closest ...

I can remember my first ski coat clearly: a purple anorak made by Columbia that I got when I was 11 years old. It was the coat that kept me dry and warm as I learned to ski and, in my mind, it became ...