Non-Toxic Snow Pants, ranked by PFAS grade

Are snow pants safe?

None of the 15 snow pants we graded come back low-concern on our screen. Our grades are model-based assessments built from published materials, ingredient lists, certifications and brand disclosures, not laboratory tests, so they say what we can evidence rather than that anything is safe.

Best graded snow pants here

1Patagonia Men's Powder Town Pants 45 out of 100
2Patagonia Men's Storm Shift Pants 45 out of 100
3Patagonia Men's Insulated Storm Shift Ski/Snowboard Pants 45 out of 100

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Why Patagonia Men's Powder Town Pants grades highest here, and why that is not a pass

Every grade on this page is one sum. A category starts from a baseline, each disclosed material or coating adds risk points, and each thing the brand or a third party has published takes them away. Below is that sum for the winner, then for 1 product it beats, so you can see exactly where the 25 points between the top and the bottom of this snow pants ranking come from. Nothing in this category reaches our 70 point pass mark, so this is the shape of the field rather than a recommendation.

Top graded, and still below our pass mark

45Poor

Patagonia Men's Powder Town Pants

Made of nylon blend with water-repellent coating water-repellent treatment.

+35Waterproof / stain-resistant treatment. Water-repellent coating treatments have historically used PFAS.
+30Category baseline. The starting point for this type of product, before anything specific to this product is counted.
-10Brand-stated PFAS-free. The brand states this product is PFAS-free. We have not verified the claim.

55risk points in total, which is a grade of 45

What the grade does not fix. It still carries one risk factor, Waterproof / stain-resistant treatment, and our graders recorded 3 other hazards on it. See the full breakdown.

Full breakdown

What it still grades above, and why

$Burton Men's Ballast GORE-TEX 2L Pants$

20Bad25 points behind the winner

Burton Men's Ballast GORE-TEX 2L Pants

What puts it behind. No PFAS disclosure, +15 points. No public statement from the brand about PFAS in this product. The top-graded product carries no such factor.

Made of GORE-TEX 2L membrane laminate (polytetrafluoroethylene-based).

+35Waterproof / stain-resistant treatment
+30Category baseline
+15No PFAS disclosure

80risk points, a grade of 20

No product on this page was physically tested by us. Every number above comes from published materials, ingredient and coating disclosures, certifications and brand statements, scored on one public rubric. Formulations change without notice, so check the current product listing before buying.

Which snow pants contain PFAS? Poor and Bad, we’d swap these

Patagonia

Men's Powder Town Pants

45PoorPFAS grade

nylon blend with water-repellent coating water-repellent treatment
The brand calls it PFAS-free, which we have not verified
water-repellent coating chemistry (unspecified)

3 hazards checked on this product, all on its full breakdown.

Non-Toxic Snow Pants, ranked by PFAS grade

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