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I'm curious as to what long pants thru-hikers wear in cool weather. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Lone Wolf
10-28-2008, 13:38
http://www.rei.com/category/4501397
I usually just use poly pro bottoms with either shorts or my summer long pants over them when hiking. Think this is pretty standard fare.
Tennessee Viking
10-28-2008, 14:10
I wear regular athletic sweats. Then wear Polar Ice thermals for the cold. Then add other thin layers if needed.
bloodmountainman
10-28-2008, 14:12
Army surplus parachute pants. Cheap and very high quality!
I do not wear pants (except in Colorado winter) and prefer the shorts/polys combo. I find my legs move easier and it regulate my temperature better.
Dorky looking, but effective. :)
Dorky looking, but effective. :)
Yup , me too , polypro and shorts till it gets real cold...sub-freezing.
Are you still dorky looking if no one else that sees you?
bigcranky
10-28-2008, 14:23
Mags wrote:
I do not wear pants
I about spit my coffee. Thanks. I needed the humor today.
bulldog49
10-28-2008, 14:49
http://www.rei.com/category/4501397
Ditto. Love the REI Sahara convertables.
Ditto. Love the REI Sahara convertables.Yep, summer, spring, winter, fall, the REI Sahara Convertables are the ticket. If it gets real cold, just slip some polypros on under them. I never find the need to hike in polypros though, so if it's cold in the morning I start out with the Saharas in long pants mode and when my legs start getting too warm, I just zip off the bottoms and I'm in shorts. When I get to camp and cool down, just zip the bottoms back on . . . works great!
Does that zip off area bother you much?
Mags wrote:
I about spit my coffee. Thanks. I needed the humor today.
Makes my day go buy much easier... ;)
jaywalke
10-28-2008, 15:47
I'm curious as to what long pants thru-hikers wear in cool weather. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
+1 on the convertibles. Mine are from EMS, and they come out of the closet more than any other pants I own. In true winter, I wear a softshell pair from LLBean made from Schoeller Dryskin fabric. They aren't made any more, but the REI Mistral pants are similar: stretchy, water and wind resistant, tough yet breathable.
Are you still dorky looking if no one else that sees you?
I think so.
You be the judge.... ;) (From a pupkin carving hike last night... Photos to follow.....)
http://photos-g.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-snc1/v348/81/83/678650263/n678650263_1415854_3028.jpg
TJ aka Teej
10-28-2008, 15:55
Dorkyness abounds on the Trail. Polypro under my regular shorts, or New Balance windblock running pants in wet weather. Zip-offs seemed like a good idea, but the zipper band thingy around my leg bugs me to distraction.
Johnny Swank
10-28-2008, 16:22
+1 on the shorts/thermal combo. I usually fry in long pants anyway. Throw some rainpants or windpants on top when it gets really cold and you're good to go.
Makes my day go buy much easier... ;)
Don't make your spelling none better there pumkin boy.
Don't make your spelling none better there pumkin boy.
So said the PUMKIN guy... :p
Need coffee..my standard excuse for typos.. ;)
+1 on the shorts/thermal combo. I usually fry in long pants anyway. Throw some rainpants or windpants on top when it gets really cold and you're good to go.
Yep more versatile IMO.
am i the only one who ops for fleece pants?
am i the only one who ops for fleece pants?
Seems awfully warm to hike in. Even in winter I do not hike in fleece pants.
Does that zip off area bother you much?Not at all with the REI Saharas. That was my major objection to other convertibles that I had tried on in stores. So when I went to try on REI's, I was skeptical. But soon as I walked a few paces in the store I was like, wow! These are incredible.
I'm an oddball. I wear this:
http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/RRL934/Womens_Road_Runner_Sports_Fitness_Low_Rise_Pant
Or this:
http://www.steepplanet.com/proddetail.php?prod=SOLTHERMALPANT&cat=279
hnryclay
10-28-2008, 22:09
Gotta second or third the REI Saharas, great pants for light winter/early spring/late fall. Get them after Christmas when they have there big sale.
http://tominpaine.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-democrats-can-bury-obama-see-mccain.html
aren't you the pig that got arrested or something for carving a backwards letter into your own face and blaming it on some cliched black dude?
I wear running shorts (comando) until it gets below freezing, then put on long underwear bottoms until it gets really cold, when I add rain/wind pants.
..with other dorks! I am wearing a dorky hat as a bonus...
http://www.pmags.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=18730&g2_serialNumber=2&g2_GALLERYSID=9b7269e0127675108ae6001d1d0952b4
Garlic was on this hike. He'll swear I am as dorky in real life as I am in this photo.. :)
garlic08
11-12-2008, 00:20
Garlic was on this hike. He'll swear I am as dorky in real life as I am in this photo.. :)
Yeah, and they're all showing off holes in their clothing. You can only see the hole in Mags' knee. What you can't see is the cause of the holes--a 20' slide down a steep Class 4 pitch, stopped by a vegetable belay (convenient tree). Awesome day!
i just wear track pants a lot of the time in fall and spring. can unzip the side pretty far for ventilation with less exposure to ticks and poison and such
phillycheze
11-12-2008, 03:51
MHW's matterhorn convertibles. chamois lined waist line, zippered legs are unnoticeable. and kick ass pockets
Unlined spalding zipoff nylon track pants, 3$ at the goodwill. The zippers don't bother me.
What you can't see is the cause of the holes--a 20' slide down a steep Class 4 pitch, stopped by a vegetable belay (convenient tree). Awesome day!
Don't forget my little flourish when I grabbed the tree! Rather cool... :)