Posted by: Clear Advantage in Uncategorized on November 3, 2025
When you’re carving down a steep slope or racing across the ice, split-second decisions matter. Clear vision isn’t just helpful for winter sports; it’s essential.
Yet, many athletes find themselves held back by glasses that fog up in cold air or contacts that dry out in harsh conditions. The EVO ICL offers a solution that’s changing how athletes experience winter sports, providing complete freedom from visual aids.
What is the EVO ICL?
The EVO ICL is an implantable collamer lens that offers permanent vision correction for nearsightedness and astigmatism. Unlike LASIK, which reshapes the cornea, the EVO ICL works by placing a biocompatible lens between the iris and the natural lens.
This approach preserves the cornea’s structure while delivering what patients consistently describe as high-definition vision. The procedure takes about 20 to 30 minutes per eye.
After numbing the eye with a topical anesthetic, your eye surgeon creates small incisions and inserts the lens through a quick, precise process. Most patients notice visual improvement almost immediately, with minimal recovery time needed before returning to normal activities.
What sets the EVO ICL apart from other vision correction procedures is its reversibility. The lens can be removed if needed or replaced if vision changes significantly over time.
For athletes, this means a vision correction option that adapts to their needs rather than creating permanent changes to eye structure.
Why Patients with Active Lifestyles Love the EVO ICL
Athletes and those with active lifestyles face unique visual demands that standard glasses and contacts struggle to meet. The EVO ICL addresses these challenges in ways that make a real difference during physical activity:
Superior Visual Quality Under Demanding Conditions
The EVO ICL offers sharper contrast sensitivity and better depth perception than visual aids, which can be critical factors when you’re judging the distance to a mogul or tracking a hockey puck across the ice. Patients report that their vision feels crisper and more vivid, with greater depth and dimension than they experienced with glasses or contacts.
No Dry Eye Concerns
Unlike LASIK, the EVO ICL doesn’t have the potential to contribute to post-surgical dry eye issues. This matters significantly in winter sports, where cold wind and dry air already challenge eye comfort. Athletes can focus on their performance without dealing with irritation or the need for frequent eye drops.
Built-In UV Protection
The collamer material in the EVO ICL includes UV-blocking properties that shield the eye from harmful rays. Winter environments amplify UV exposure through reflection off snow and ice, making the EVO ICL both a great visual precision and eye safety tool.
Excellent Performance in Low Light
Winter sports often happen during shorter days or under artificial lighting. The EVO ICL maintains visual quality in these conditions, with many patients reporting excellent night vision. This benefit extends to early morning runs on the slopes or evening hockey games under arena lights.
Quick Recovery for Active Schedules
Most athletes need only a week or two of recovery before returning to physical activity. The procedure’s minimal downtime means less disruption to training schedules and a faster return to competition.
Enjoy Winter in a Whole New Way with the EVO ICL
Winter sports demand precise visual awareness, quick reactions, and sustained focus in challenging conditions. The EVO ICL transforms these experiences by eliminating the compromises that come with glasses and contacts:
Skiing and Snowboarding
Goggles are essential for protecting your eyes from wind, snow, and UV exposure on the mountain. With the EVO ICL, goggles fit comfortably without requiring glasses to be worn underneath, eliminating fogging between your lenses and goggles.
You’ll track terrain changes more accurately, judge moguls and jumps with better depth perception, and react faster to unexpected conditions. The expanded peripheral vision helps you stay aware of other skiers and obstacles. At the same time, the crisp visual clarity lets you spot ice patches and subtle changes in snow texture that affect your line.
Hockey
Hockey happens fast. Players need to track a small puck moving at high speeds while maintaining awareness of teammates, opponents, and the boards.
The EVO ICL provides the sharp vision and depth perception necessary for accurate passing and shooting. You won’t worry about contacts shifting during physical play or glasses creating blind spots in your peripheral vision.
The lens remains stable during body checks and quick directional changes, ensuring you never deal with fogged eyewear during intense shifts.
Ice Skating
Whether you’re figure skating, speed skating, or enjoying recreational skating, balance and spatial awareness depend on clear vision. The EVO ICL helps you judge distances more accurately when landing jumps or navigating crowded rinks.
Skaters often enjoy greater confidence in their movements when they can see clearly without glasses that might fall during spins or contacts, which can dry out in cold air.
Snowshoeing
This sport requires careful attention to terrain, especially when navigating uneven ground or following trails through wooded areas. The EVO ICL provides the visual clarity needed to spot hazards like hidden rocks, tree roots, or elevation changes. The UV protection built into the lens offers particular value during long days in bright, reflective snow conditions.
Find Out if the EVO ICL Could Be Right for You
Winter sports challenge your vision in ways that everyday activities don’t. Cold air, bright reflections, rapid movement, and the need for protective gear all create situations where traditional visual aids fall short.
The EVO ICL addresses these challenges while providing visual quality that many patients describe as better than what they experienced with glasses or contacts. If you’re tired of compromising your performance or comfort on the slopes, rink, or trails, the EVO ICL might be the solution you’ve been looking for.
Schedule a consultation at Clear Advantage Vision Correction Center in Portsmouth, NH, today to determine whether you’re a good candidate for the EVO ICL!
