Like Graham, I have never been close to a pair of skis let alone been ON them and, of course, I know nothing of ski-ing. (Oh, sorry! I just remembered, I was in Whistler, and I did get to ride on the ski chair-lift up on Vancouver's Grouse Mountain - but these happened last month, August!!)

However, it seems to me that if one is going to wear long-johns/thermals/ski-tights or whatever under the kilt, there is little point in wearing the kilt when ski-ing in the first place!

Just the opinion of someone who lives in a part of the world that very seldom sees snow....