D - Apparel

Nine months of Portland weather in one jacket. The three-layer H2No shell keeps rain out through a whole wet commute, pit zips let the heat go on a...

The rain jacket a Portland closet is supposed to have. Three-layer H2No fabric over a recycled nylon face, pit zips for the walk uphill, and a hood...

The pair that goes over boots without a wrestling match. Two-way side zips run cuff to thigh for pulling on standing up, then open as vents when th...

Rain pants you can get on without taking your boots off. The side zips run from cuff to thigh, so they pull on over whatever you are already wearin...

The mitt version of the Linear line, for anyone who wants GORE-TEX warmth under a jacket cuff without extra features to fuss with. Light Fill insul...

A full-zip fleece that vents as well as it insulates. The hollow-core zigzag knit is the point: it holds warmth in the loft and moves air through t...

The jacket that ends up in every pack because it disappears into one. Sixty grams of PrimaLoft Gold keeps working when it is damp, which is the who...

The simplest way into R1 Air. Quarter-zip, one chest pocket, nothing else to think about. The hollow-core zigzag knit wicks moisture and dries fast...

Twelve-wale organic cotton corduroy, a snapback closure and a brim made from recycled fishing nets. It is a hat for October in the Pacific Northwes...

R1 Air with a hood and a full zip, which makes it the layer you can actually manage mid-effort. The hollow-core zigzag knit wicks and dries fast, t...

The midlayer for people who run warm on the way up. Hollow-core yarns in a zigzag knit trap air where you want warmth and vent where you do not, so...

A no-frills glove for riders who already own a shell jacket with its own cuff: GORE-TEX waterproofing, a DuraGrain synthetic leather palm, and noth...

The uninsulated version of the resort jacket, which is the one to buy if you run warm or you already own a puffy you like. Two-layer H2No shell, me...

The bib is the part that makes a long day work: no gap at the waist under a pack belt, and a drop seat so nothing has to come off when you stop. Th...

A touring shell rather than a resort jacket, and the difference is the stretch and the lack of insulation. Three-layer H2No moves with you on a ski...

Bibs solve the problem pants have on a tour, which is snow finding your back every time you sit down in it. The drop seat and two-way side zips mea...

Built for the way up as much as the way down. The three-layer H2No shell stretches with a skin track and vents through the pit zips when the pace p...

Uninsulated snow pants, which is the versatile choice: warm enough over a baselayer in January, survivable in April slush when insulated pants have...

A resort jacket that comes with its warmth built in, so a lift day needs one layer fewer. Eighty grams of Thermogreen through the body and forty in...

Insulated pants for people who get cold on the chairlift, which in the Cascades is most of us by February. Sixty grams of Thermogreen behind a two-...

249 grams, and it breathes hard enough to stay on through a climb. Twenty grams of FullRange is the lightest insulation Patagonia builds, which mak...

The down jacket you stop babying. Its shell is Ultra-PE ripstop, a cut-resistant fibre, so it handles the abrasion that puts holes in ordinary down...

The vest you leave on. FullRange insulation is air-permeable, so instead of trapping heat until you have to stop and strip a layer, it breathes whi...

Down usually asks you to be careful with it. This one does not: the shell is Ultra-PE ripstop, which is the same family of fibre used in cut-resist...

The most layer for the money in the R1 Air line: full zip, hood, three zippered pockets. The hollow-core zigzag knit breathes through hard effort a...

The trucker that has been on the wall of every outdoor shop for twenty years, and still moves. Organic cotton canvas front, recycled polyester mesh...

A Snap-T built for the walk to the car rather than the alpine. Regenerative Organic Certified cotton jersey inside and out, quilted over 40 grams o...

Core warmth with your arms left alone, which is what you want for raking leaves, walking the dog at dusk, or a cold start that will not stay cold. ...

Synthetic insulation earns its place here: 60 grams of PrimaLoft Gold stays warm when it gets damp, which matters more than fill power nine months ...

Same 3-in-1 idea in a glove built for women's hands: a GORE-TEX shell over a removable merino wool blend liner, so one glove covers a cold morning ...

Insulated where the cold actually gets in and vented where the body actually sweats: 686's Thermagraph body-mapped lining puts 140g of recycled ins...

One shell, two jackets: a 3-layer waterproof outer with a removable 200g puffer vest underneath, so the same jacket covers a bluebird spring lap an...