I've heard others laud the benefits of tall socks for winter/shoulder season use and until recently, thought it was just a bunch of hoopla. This fall I purchased a pair of tall socks (Wool Power knee high 400) to use elk hunting, the additional warmth was very noticeable. I hunted several days in below 0 weather and I feel the tall socks made a significant contribution to my comfort in those temps. I've since purchased a couple of pair of Darn Tough OTC (over the calf) socks for snowshoeing, same wonderful results.
Now all those nostalgic black and white pics of the climbers and skiers in the knickers and tall socks have a new found meaning :)
No knickers (yet!), but the tall socks have definitely found a place in my winter kit
of course YMMV, HOH and all that other jazz
