2026–27 season gear, prices checked October 2026
Get your gear to the mountain in one piece.
A directory of ski boot bags, roller ski bags, and padded tip covers, sorted by how you get to the snow. Every spec and price comes from the brand's own store.
Flying to ski
Carry-on boot bags and roller ski bags, so the gear you can't replace never gets checked.
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Boot bags with a changing mat, and tip covers for the walk from the lot.
Show gear →Gifts for skiers
Under $30, useful on every ski day, and with a patch that says something.
Show gear →Everyday travel
Personal-item bags that work the rest of the year, too.
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6 products for gifts for skiers. Click through to buy from the brand.
TipSox
Padded ski tip cover
TipSox — Choose Your Patch
Pick a patch and one of six colors; each patch is hand heat-pressed.
- Patches include Send It, Yard Sale Champion, Après Champion, and a Diamant collaboration
- Colors include Blurple, Greenish, Turquoise, Pinkolicious, Lavanderly, and Black
- Protects tips, bases, and edges; stops the clacking
TipSox
2 tip covers, your pick of patches
TipSox Bundle
One for you, one to gift. Or one for each pair of skis in the garage.
- Two TipSox, each with the patch you choose
- Made in the USA from recycled cotton yarn
- Machine wash cold
TipSox
Padded ski tip cover
Send It
For the skier who commits. White or black.
- Hand heat-pressed patch
- Fits skis 85–105 mm wide
TipSox
Padded ski tip cover
Yard Sale Champion
For the skier who's been there and laughed about it.
- Hand heat-pressed patch
- Fits skis 85–105 mm wide
TipSox
Padded ski tip cover
Après Champion
For the day after the last run. Green or blue.
- Hand heat-pressed patch
- Fits skis 85–105 mm wide
TipSox
Padded ski tip cover
I'm Difficult
Named for the black diamond.
- Hand heat-pressed patch
- Fits skis 85–105 mm wide
Brands in the directory
Two small brands, each solving one annoying part of a ski day.
$19.99–$28
TipSox
Padded ski tip covers with a patch that says something.
TipSox slide over the tips of a pair of skis to pad the tips, bases, and edges in transit and on the rack, and to stop the clacking on the carry. They are custom woven in the USA from recycled cotton yarn, with a patch hand heat-pressed on each one.
- ◆Fits skis 85–105 mm wide
- ◆One TipSox covers the tips of one pair of skis
- ◆Made in the USA from recycled cotton yarn
- ◆Machine wash cold
$179.99–$289.99
Diamant Gear
Ski boot bags and ski bags built for the airport.
Diamant started in founder Shai Branover's NYC apartment and now has a team across New York, Boston, and Miami. Its bags are built around one problem: getting boots, helmets, and skis to the mountain without checking the gear you can't replace.
- ◆1680D ballistic, weather-resistant exteriors
- ◆Tarpaulin-lined, ventilated boot compartments
- ◆Carry-on boot bags, a wheeled boot bag, and a roller ski bag
- ◆Bundles pair a boot bag with a ski bag or personal item
Already a pair: TipSox sells a Diamant collaboration patch, so the tip covers can match the boot bag.
See the collab patchTrip guides
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