glove layering advice

The problem with frozen water is that it eventually thaws,stuff a pair of windstoppers into a snowbank in some gravity induced debacle and your hands will become wet and then cold and you’ll become testy. I think an overshell mitt with a couple of different liners would work out.Last year I used rei one gloves[a soft shell material] with a little dwr on them. Wind stopper gloves are great as long as you keep them out of the snow. Lobster style mitts for serious cold seem to be popular around here also.Most of the gloves for crosscountry skiing work well with a little treatment on them and on epic trips take a spare pair vacuum bagged.

Did you sau you expect temps to -30 ???

Dang, don’t skimp on gloves!

Get a SHELL glove with a removable liner. Then Get an EXTRA liner. This is the easiest system, you can be drying one liner (inside your jacket) while the other is in your glove Shell.

OR makes good gloves, don’t shy away from something heavy and well insulated. THese are your hands, and they are useless if they get too cold.

The glove shell will NOT be part of your packweight, it’ll be on your HANDS!

peace,
M!

I should not have written it that way. I expect temps from 0 to 30, not -30 ;)

Bob

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen –30 Fahrenheit. It just doesn’t get that cold in Washington’s Cascades. I do know the secrete to warm hands and feet is a warm head, so I figure you already have a good balaclava and hat system worked out. For hands I like multiple layers with an outside storm shell. Your always going to be taking a break from time to time, taking your pack/snowshoes on/off, eating, or taking pictures. Having a multiple layer glove system makes that much simpler as you will always have a base layer on. But if your talking 0 to –30, windstoppers are not that warm. I defer to others on this site who have more experience in those temps but do agree with Mike C and Larry S, a good (OR) shell with integrated/removable liner as well as your possum downs could be a way to go.

I’m not sure how the above post wasn’t clear, but people seem to still be confused. The confusion came because I wrote 0 to 30 as 0 – 30. That was not intended to be -30. I hope this is clear now ;) We are talking about above 0.

Thanks!

Bob

Personally I like to use glove/mit combo by REI while running and riding. http://www.rei.com/online/store/ProductDisplay?storeId=8000&catalogId=40000008000&productId=47942153&parent_category_rn=40001352&vcat=REI_SSHP_MENS_CLOTHING_TOC It allows you to use fingers when needed and vents when too warm. Gives a wide range in temp. They are the best all around hand protection I use. If you like more of a glove feeling, check out some of the biking gloves at Performance. They are designed to grip well. I got these for my wife and she really loves them. http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=19376&subcategory_ID=1141 I have normal size hands and would buy XL. Not sure what it is about biking, eveything seems to run on the small side.

George, Neither of the links work for me. Can you give me the product names? Thanks

try these:

REI link

the second link above

Go to http://www.performancebike.com and look up Louis Garneau Ergo Air Vulcano gloves. I saw that the REI one works.