Sentinel Bib Pant Women's

I live in the Pacific Northwest and spend a good portion of my winters skiing when there is heavy precipitation and deep snow. Having a solid set of bib pants is crucial to staying dry. These bibs have a nice semi-relaxed fit and are easy to move in and do an awesome job of keeping me dry. Sometimes when I am ski touring in these, I unzip the chest area to allow the bibs to breathe a bit better, and I always use the leg vents when touring or hiking which are easy to quickly unzip to ventilate higher near your hip, or lower near your knee depending on your preference. The new back panel section that is not full Gore (older design) is nice since it allows the back area to breathe a bit better. Transceiver pockets are nice and spacious with a tether and inner sleeve to keep your items in place. The chest pocket fits my iPhone 14 Pro vertically, but I usually use it for holding other items that I want to keep warm. I have an older pair of the Sentinel bibs from 21/22 season before this redesign for 24/25 that I used to wear in a size XS. In these new bibs, I wear a size 6 as my true-to-size, but could make the size 8 work as a looser, relaxed fit style. I am 5'5" and 130lbs and typically wear a size 2 or 4(XS or S) in Arc'teryx lifestyle pants and a 26 or 27 in other brands of pants. Definitely very different sizing if you are used to the older size range. Love the Sequoia color!

I got the black ones last year, and the Rune ones this year, and they are a great pant for snowboarding and touring. I don't have any fit issues and find them true to size. I wear them with different jackets depending on my objective -Relaxed Sentinel, Rush or Alpha SV if wearing a harness. I find with the longer jackets the full bib is a bit overkill, but I don't mind as long as it's not warm. I do tend to get very warm in them if the temps get higher than around -4 if touring (moving fast, no lunches, and I am a solid lady.) Great for catboarding and deep pow days. My only complaint is the zipper. I keep having issues with the zipper I use frequently (right side,) and was told I need to be more gentle and avoid getting fabrics caught in it (oops) as it breaks the teeth (which seems obvious LOL.) On my Rune pair the teeth totally misaligned, and I'll be sending them in. If you've never done a warranty the process is simple and super easy. They say a couple months but I find I get my gear back in about 3 weeks. I never had issues with my Rush Bib's zipper. I'm going to try to be more gentle, and even though I've had these issues I'd still recommend the bibs if you're looking for something with more coverage/warmer.