I have a pair and they are ok (my wife really loves her pair!!) but I do better with a pair of long johns under the jeans and long johns under something that dries faster for worse conditions. I have several pair of loose fitting Dickies that move better while layered and dry faster than jeans. I would rather have wool or something like that but I think I could survive quite a long time in my area in my Dickies if I was in long johns and half way decent jacket!