I have a several years old expensive teal colored Salomon Fantasy ski jacket, still in great condition. It has a removable hood that is done so via a small 4 inch long zipper at the back of the neck plus 2 buttons on end tabs. Most days I remove the hood since I wear a Smith Variant helmet plus goggles. However on really cold windy and or stormy days usually zip on the hood, remove the helmet, then use a heavyweight balaclava plus goggles beneath the hood as that better seals out wind and cold. Of course most jacket hoods are head sized, as nobody has a head the size of most helmets and good hood design dictates a hood volume not be too large beyond fitting largest heads plus a bit more for some added insulation.
It is also true most hood removable ski jackets are similar, not expecting to fit a ski helmet, though indeed some are designed so. Thus there are numbers of of we skiers that on cold windy days may wish our ski jackets had a hood that could fit over our helmets. But as far as I've been able to web search, there are no such accessory clothing products. Please inform if not so. A useful product would be such a ski jacket accessory large zippered hood that could function mostly as an added wind barrier in the form of an un-insulated shell that could zipper onto a general variety of such ski jackets standard zipper sizes with some adaptability with the zipper since there are different zipper sizes and variable jacket specific zipper lengths.
As not a clothing knowledgeable person am wondering if such a product could be generally adaptable or if the ways removable hoods attach is too variable or custom integrated? Also how many of we skiers might be interested? In any case realize there are probably fair numbers of skiers that never are too chilly using their ski jacket, goggle, hood, combinations, not so much because their gear is better but rather some people are naturally more comfortable in cold conditions than others like this thin guy. And of course others don't have a pricy ski jacket with a removable hood.
It is also true most hood removable ski jackets are similar, not expecting to fit a ski helmet, though indeed some are designed so. Thus there are numbers of of we skiers that on cold windy days may wish our ski jackets had a hood that could fit over our helmets. But as far as I've been able to web search, there are no such accessory clothing products. Please inform if not so. A useful product would be such a ski jacket accessory large zippered hood that could function mostly as an added wind barrier in the form of an un-insulated shell that could zipper onto a general variety of such ski jackets standard zipper sizes with some adaptability with the zipper since there are different zipper sizes and variable jacket specific zipper lengths.
As not a clothing knowledgeable person am wondering if such a product could be generally adaptable or if the ways removable hoods attach is too variable or custom integrated? Also how many of we skiers might be interested? In any case realize there are probably fair numbers of skiers that never are too chilly using their ski jacket, goggle, hood, combinations, not so much because their gear is better but rather some people are naturally more comfortable in cold conditions than others like this thin guy. And of course others don't have a pricy ski jacket with a removable hood.