Colorful Ski Goggles

Why Use Ski Goggles?

Ski goggles are a necessary part of your skiing attire. The sun's rays are incredibly bright and even more likely to burn you when reflected off of the snow. The goggles serve to protect your eyes as well as the skin around your eyes, though you should always slather on sunblock, as well.

When the Lenses Are Colorful

You can brighten up your ski goggle collection by choosing goggles with different colored lenses. If you want to see the slopes through rose-colored lenses, a gloomy day is a good time to try them. The same rings true for yellow lenses—overcast days lend themselves to the brightest lenses. The contrast allows for the best vision possible.

When the clouds are low in the sky and the sky is gray, that's when polarized lenses may not be your best bet. Instead, they're ideal for bright light conditions.

Limit bright colors to your frames, your sweaters, your gloves, and your other accessories on sunny days. Yellow or pink lenses don't work well when the sun's at its brightest. You'll need to opt for gray or amber lenses—dark is better. This will be a good time to break out the polarized lenses as mentioned above.

If you want colorful ski goggles every time you ski, you'll need a mix of colorful frames and colorful lenses. No one pair of goggles is your perfect solution for all light conditions. You could, however, go for a pair with interchangeable lenses like the Wiley X SG-1, but the only colorful part here is the pair of Blue Lunar lenses]. The closest to all-purpose colored lenses you can get is blue or purple. They work reasonably well in light and dark conditions.

Find Your Colorful Ski Goggles

Here are a few pairs of goggles sure to brighten up your outfit, your face, and the slopes:

• Uvex Orbit Ski Goggles have a matte blue or metallic blue frame with amber or amber flash lenses. They're less likely to fog up than some other models and they offer 100% UV protection. The lenses won't shatter (though they're not unbreakable—they can still crack in a spider web-like pattern) because they're made of polycarbonate. You can wear them with your helmet, too, so don't worry about that.

• These Scott Alibi Limited Edition Ski Goggles are what colorful dreams are made of. Choose from Cougar/Bronze Chrome Amp and Sakura/Chrome Amp. From these, you get UVA, UVB, and UVC protection. In addition, they're fog-resistant.

• Bolle is a jackpot when it comes to colorful ski goggles. If you visit the website and go to "Products" and then to "Goggles," you'll be met with an array of brightly colored eyewear. There's the orange and black Simmer, the red Quasar D8, the black Shark with pink lenses, and even a shiny red Boost with vermillion lenses for kids. On the Bolle goggles page, you'll be shown all of the goggles right off the bat, so you can click and choose the brightly colored pair you like best—no need to sift through pages and pages of "blah" goggles.

• Another option you could try rather than going the ski goggles route is the ski sunglasses one. Uvex Split Ski Sunglasses are colorful. You can choose from black shiny/mirror gold, silver blue/mirror blue, and silver shiny/silver mirror. They also have polycarbonate lenses, so they're not likely to shatter. Though they may not hug your face as well as goggles or be as likely to stay on no matter what, these wrap around snugly and work to deflect the wind and fight fog.

Final Thoughts

When you want to wear colorful ski goggles, you may be able to find a pair that has colorful frames and lenses. If not, you can always pick up a pair that has pink or yellow lenses, for example (or even blue or purple) and a neutral frame, or opt for dark lenses in a colorful frame. To meet the needs of all lighting, you may wish to pick up more than one pair, so your ski goggle wardrobe can be full of color.