I'm curious to learn about other people's selections, so let's hear it! Nothing is required, but useful info would be the name of the jacket (of course), location you typically hike in (high humidity, low humidty, etc), season and temps experienced, how long you are typically inactive, and what other type of clothing you wear with it (hat or no hat; down pants; shell over it, etc)
I'll start off.
For summer in the Eastern Appalachians, down to about 40F, high humidty, I'll typically wear a Montbell U.L. Down Inner Parka + top and bottom Patagonia Wool 2 base layers + a PossumDown Beanie + a hardshell if needed. I'm often inactive for long periods of time photographing stars at night, or up early in the morning to photograph sunrise.
For fall temperatures down to 30F (and likely lower in case it's needed) I'll use the same as everything above, but switch to the Montbell Alpine Light Down Parka + balaclava.
For temps around 20F, I'll use my Montbell Alpine Down Jacket with the balaclava. I suspect I could get lower with this, assuming I substitue an R1 Hoody and Powerstretch Tights for the Wool 2 tops and bottoms, but I haven't really been backpacking much in these temps yet!
Looking forward to hear some of your guys choices.
