Sized really small, I started with an 8 which is my usual size, they were crazy small. I went up to a 10 and they fit but were so snug through the hips that I had no range of motion. Seem to be sized for an ultra-marathon running woman with no curves. I snowboard and hoped ski pants would work but the range of motion needed to snowboard must be much more than to ski. Very high waisted which was the other problem, the waistline was at the bottom of my ribs (and yet somehow I still had gapping problems in the back when I bent over, guess there just wasn't enough fabric to go around). I knew bending in half to strap-in would be awful. Disappointed because so far these are the only high quality ski pants I have found with true elastic panels in the waist. If you are very slender, like a twig and you only ski you may like these, they were nicely made and the elastic panels do look promising should the fit else where work for you. So next I'm just going to buy a pair of snowboarding pants that are so big for me they are like a barrel hanging from suspenders. . .