Originally Posted by
Traveler
FWIW - You may find paddling gloves to be very useful in three seasons (spring-fall). I discovered these some years ago when scrambling around in the White Mountains and needing gloves with a bit of padding in the palm to move over rocks and other very rough surfaces, but not wanting to suffer heat build up that full fingered gloves generate in summer heat and having to put them on, remove them constantly with changing conditions.
Paddle gloves are not waterproof, but their construction is nylon that wicks sweat and precipitation and dries quickly. For paddling they have a heavy fabric padding in the palms that also dries quickly. I have the opposite problem as you, most gloves do not fit my fingers well and are too short so the half finger construction allows me to wear them pretty much all the time in spring, summer, and fall to prevent blisters from trekking poles, provide warmth down to about 35-degrees, and hand protection from rocks.
Though I have a very old pair of NRS open fingered paddling gloves, the Kokatat gloves at REI are pretty close to what I use and have been very happy with. You may find the closed fingered gloves by NRS to be useful for winter if necessary. I swear by these things!