Is there any place that has ski clothes for not an outrageous price? Holy crap this is starting to be an expensive vacation!!!

Dont say Ski and Sports cause that place was ridiculous

thanks

academy. Columbia outlet in Allen

steapandcheep.com

They have different deals about every 20-30 minutes.

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If you have patience, you won't find this kind of stuff at a better price. Also try www.gearattack.com. This incorporates Steep and Cheap and a couple of other sites.

Burlington Coat Factory! Several locations & I have bot a pair of pants for $12.00 & I loved them.

X2 for Academy and Columbia Outlet in Allen

..second thumbs up for Burlington (pants and jackets) and Academy for affordable base wet/dry wicking layers and accessories (gloves, goggles, etc.). You won't find certain higher end brands at Burlington (Spyder, etc.) but I've purchased several pairs of Black Dot pants there for around $20/piece and several water/weatherproof board/ski jackets for between $20 - $50 and you can find Columbia gear there for a bit more. My jackets and pants have been durable enough to hold up to around 10, 3-5 day trips, including the first two, where I spent plenty of time either on my rear or crashing into various objects as I learned to ride a board.

www.tramdock.com

www.brociety.com

St. Bernard sports in Dallas

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is one of the most expensive places in the country

You might be able to find some sales at Doug and Linda's ski shop in McKinney. But they are pretty high as well.

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St. Bernard sports in Dallas

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This is where all the uppity HP people go! And yes the most expensive place around.

always watch http://www.steepandcheap.com

1 deal at a time... but they have some good stuff.

Not a fan of Wally World in general, but hit one once you get to slopes - good selection throughout and trial/error is low hassle with returns if needed....just remember, polyester is your friend along with higher, generally much more so, priced synthetics - cotton bad...and have fun!!

Oh Craigslist...and eBay, but was very hit/miss as many are proud of their stuff, including 30yr straight skis...

Steepandcheap.com is a great site to get GOOD gear. Most stuff at sun & ski IS expensive, but we got some GREAT prices from the clearance rack on stuff back in November, especially for our kids.

There's a good little local shop in town and one of the clerks said the best deals are on eBay. I've been able to get some high-quality NEW gear off of eBay for 25-50% less than sun&ski sports.

You just really have to look around and take your time. I've done almost all of our shopping online. I got a really nice ski/snowboard jacket at oakleyvault.com/ for about 1/2 regular price.

Good luck!

www.sierratradingpost.com

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St. Bernard sports in Dallas

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No. No. No. No. No.

I got talked into stopping there once and I can confidently say that no one that has a clue what they're doing would ever step foot in that place.

depending on where you are headed skiing, (and you're taking a chance in waiting till you get there), but the marshalls and TJ Maxx's in Colorado have ski jackets/pant/gloves/googles/etc.

campmor.com

www.sierrasnowboard.com has some jackets and the like but more geared towards snowboarding culture