WoolWeenies Club

[Triskeliongirl]

OK, so it sounds like I am good for top layers. I do not care about windproofness of my mid layers since my goretex jacket is windproof (and was told that windproof mid layers won't breathe well).

What I am still a little unclear on is what to wear on the bottom if its in the 20s. Not for skiing, but for just walking around a city, are you guys saying I would be cold with woolies under jeans. What about if I put a goretex cycling pant over that, or woolies, windpro tight, and a goretex cycling pant? It sounds like you are recommending the ibex climawool pants just for walking around, right, or are they primarially for skiing. Will I then overheat if I go inside?

Fortunately both my goretex pant and windpro tight are roomy enough to layer under (especially the goretex pant, which is really a size too big if I just wear it over cycling tights so I can put it over jeans, but is that super-dorky?).

[Cataboo]

Since we're not you, it's hard to tell you definitely what you need to bring and not. You'll probably be fine in jeans with woolies - have a heavier layer with you in case you aren't.

You can use the alpstars for walking around in - they're casual enough looking. You could also use them for skiing.

I've got a couple pairs of the prana fleece lined pants, that I absolutely love and they're kind of my cold weather walking around in pants. It's more of a flannel lining than fleece
http://gearattack.com/items/9843

Bottom layers - truthfully, while I have wool bottom layers, they really just don't tend to be as warm as just putting on some polartec powerstrech and I really don't use them as much. I don't like layering multiple bottom layers for skiing. It constricts movement a bit too much.
http://www.backcountry.com/store/ARC...503&mv_pc=r126

The arc'teryx rho ar bottoms are extremely warm. The cloudveil run don't walk bottoms as well:
http://search.backcountry.com/exec/?...t+walk&x=0&y=0

I've got a pair of run don't walk boxers, that layers with some power stretch tights with an outer goretex layer and I'm usually good for down hill skiing.


I wouldn't use woolies on their own under goretex, because I wouldn't find that warm enough. I do have one pair of ibex tights that are fairly thick - they're the weight of the loose tights & unzip at the bottom, I think they're the energy tights:
http://www.ibexwear.com/shop/Product...t=Energy-Tight

That's my warmest wool bottom.

Polartec powerstretch dries quickly if washed in a sink or whatever.

[Jolt]

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