My grandma gave me an original, belonging to my Dad from the 80's and I love it. I am 5 years old.

The jackets were called "Ptarmigans." I had one that was blue and yellow. It was $40 back in the early eighties. A very popular item at my grade school in Denver.

I rember your jackets Think I had a red one. Would like to know where I can get another.

My father gave me his jacket when he stopped skiing. Its red and blue I still wear it to this day every time I go skiing. Its very warm with a turtleneck.

I am fron Baton Rouge going to mardi gras and i am wearing my dad's jacket he gave to me he found at his dads gouse. i am 14 years old.

I loved & miss that jacket!! Mine was dark blue with a powder blue middle. I remember my dad buying me a "real" one and my mom had one with dark green sleeves and a tan middle. I also remember all the rich kids checking to see if mine was real or not by looking for the tag.

my first powder shell was a Mother Karen i bought mail order and had black sleeves with a gray middle. Loved it and i looked cool wearing it, or so i thought. Had it for a long time!

It was a must Skiing in Tahoe in the late 70's early 80's. I still have mine and won 2nd place at the Eldora Retro Days last year wearing it.

I don't remember this trend but I just wanted to say I LOVE the pic of all those kids with their Trapper Keepers! Awesome.

Navy body Red Sleves couldn't get it away from me.

i loved my Mother Karen pull over and the powder pants. Blue and red pull over, blue powder pants. i still have them too- from 1982. Most of our ski school wore them (Big Boulder Ski Area, PA). Amazing how it can bring back such fun memories

We have been married for 48 years. She is still a great skier, mountaineer, cyclist, canyoneer, mother of four, grandmother of seven, so I guess now it's Grandmother Karen. This weekend she is with her family and friends celebrating a milestone birthday.

I had a tan and yellow jacket. Felt pretty "hot" on Alta's slopes!

They also had a great annual coloring contest with a very cool blank illustration available at ski stores. I mailed one in every year, but never won. I also loved my navy blue powdershirt with green sleeves.

Red...this is bill chamber' daughter. It's mom and dad's 50th anniversary this year and we're putting together an album with pictures of their friends from back then. Do you have any? Please send to sac862@hotmail.com. PS...I LOVED my blue and red Mother Karen's powder jacket! Sara Chambers

They were called "powder jackets", and if you didn't have one at Hillcrest High in the early eighties, you were a total dork.

I still have mine! The body and neck are navy blue and the sleeves are powder blue, I bought it in 1981 at Gorsuch Ski Shops in Vail, CO where I was working at the time. It was made so well that it still looks new.

Just came back from a vacation on Telluride and it made me remember my old powder jacket. I absolutely loved that thing. I couldn't remember who made it but knew it had the word Mother in it. It's fun to read others recollections. Bring back the powder jacket!!

Grew up in Tahoe. In the early 80's my brother and I and several friends all wore the same color, dark blue body with powder blue sleeves. Long live the Martin-Polaris gang!

I have a gray pair of knickers made for Nordic skiing. They are perfectly designed and constructed. I still wear them a half dozen days a year; have had them since new, bought at Dave Cook's in Denver in the 80's. Bought some new Toko ski pants a few years ago and took them back a couple days later. Maybe I can find a seamstress here in SLC to make me a duplicate pair. Had a pair of alpine bibs, too, that I wore until faded and threadbare. She was/is a genius!

Yes! 1981-1982 these were HUGE! I had one in 5 grade. Dark blue center with light blue sleeves. My friend had the dark blue center with the red sleeves. We would keep our King B Beef Jerky cans in the center pocket during school. God what great memories.

I started with the pullover, but that was cumbersome. For about 120 back in 82ish I upgraded to the full front zip. Dang I miss that jacket. It was lost when I moved to California. I'd be willing to pay 500 for a new one.

We had matching jackets and powder pants. The very best for Utah's slopes back in the day. Couldn't use them in Spokane because it's much colder skiing there. Would love to have that outfit back. Would love to be able to fit in it too!

Had a pair of MK powder pants, So Awesome. I let someone borrow them and never got them back. sad

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