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<blockquote data-quote="Litehiker" data-source="post: 1803831" data-attributes="member: 54178"><p>Cold weather requires more layering which is, naturally, more weight.</p><p>My insulating clothes are i two categories.</p><p></p><p>TRAVEL CLOTHING: When traveling your sweat, even with slow travel. Packs are heavy, scoped and singed rifles are "heavy" (i.e., add weight) even if they are mountain rifles.</p><p>So you need <em>synthetic</em> clothing for both mid and outer layers. I prefer Climashield but your Browning Primaloft jacket is good for a mid layer.</p><p></p><p>STAND CLOTHING: Now you need more loft (thickness) in your insulating layers so down is your friend. I prefer DWR treated water resistant down B/C it collects less moisture. When on a stand you want to remain motionless when possible and not be a shivering mass of protoplasm. This requires insulation and his calorie snacks - and water.</p><p></p><p>As you have discovered your outer wind/rain GTX parka needs to be large enough to comfortably cover a down insulating layer without compressing it or binding your arm movement.</p><p></p><p>The Traveling Clothing insulating layers like fleece or fibers like Climashield should be replaced with loftier down clothing whenever possible for Stand use.</p><p></p><p>When winter ski camping at camp I remove my synthetic insulating layer and outer WPB parka and put on my -30 F. down parka. Sounds like overkill but sitting around cooking, chatting, etc. makes that parka worth its weight in gold. Plus it's great when sleeping to have it zipped up and slid over the foot of my -20 F. sleeping bag.</p><p></p><p>Eric B.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litehiker, post: 1803831, member: 54178"] Cold weather requires more layering which is, naturally, more weight. My insulating clothes are i two categories. TRAVEL CLOTHING: When traveling your sweat, even with slow travel. Packs are heavy, scoped and singed rifles are "heavy" (i.e., add weight) even if they are mountain rifles. So you need [I]synthetic[/I] clothing for both mid and outer layers. I prefer Climashield but your Browning Primaloft jacket is good for a mid layer. STAND CLOTHING: Now you need more loft (thickness) in your insulating layers so down is your friend. I prefer DWR treated water resistant down B/C it collects less moisture. When on a stand you want to remain motionless when possible and not be a shivering mass of protoplasm. This requires insulation and his calorie snacks - and water. As you have discovered your outer wind/rain GTX parka needs to be large enough to comfortably cover a down insulating layer without compressing it or binding your arm movement. The Traveling Clothing insulating layers like fleece or fibers like Climashield should be replaced with loftier down clothing whenever possible for Stand use. When winter ski camping at camp I remove my synthetic insulating layer and outer WPB parka and put on my -30 F. down parka. Sounds like overkill but sitting around cooking, chatting, etc. makes that parka worth its weight in gold. Plus it's great when sleeping to have it zipped up and slid over the foot of my -20 F. sleeping bag. Eric B. [/QUOTE]
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