Winter gloves

For a warm mitt – Buffalo Systems mitts are fabulous: http://buffalosystemsusa.com/mitts-black/

For the RBH gloves, I’d go for the Ultralight (should be quite similar to the BPL mitts made by RBH). If active, these are also pretty good at drying out wet liners.

Latex/nitrile gloves under your liners can also help keep hands warm in colder temps. But you’re hands will also sweat in them.

For more dexterity than mitts, I have a pair of waterproof fleece gloves with 40 gram thinsulate insulation that are amazingly warm – in fact I can easily sweat in them as well if I’m too active.

Picked up the Outdoor Research Riot Insulated Gloves for a paltry $26 from REI. Did some ice climbing to wind caves when it was a blustering, cloudy near zero degrees and fingers were just fine. No concerns at all.

Was waist deep in snow without poles or snow shoes last week and they also kept my fingers dry after an hour of scraping my way through deep Utah powder.

Adam…I live in Michigan and this what I have found that works for the wife and I here where the temps range from below zero to today mid 30*F.  I also have had extensive mountaineering experience, but presently consider myself a  “retired mountaineer”and have tried out many combinations that do not match what I’m presenting to you.

This is my present set up and I believe you will find it will meet your needs in your local:

BLACK DIAMOND LIGHTWEIGHT WOOLTECH GLOVES – liners

http://blackdiamondequipment.com/en_US/ski-gloves/lightweight-wooltech-BD801047SLATMD_1.html

BLACK DIAMOND SOLOIST GLOVES (-15/15 ºF) – gloves

http://blackdiamondequipment.com/en_US/mens-gloves/soloist-BD801691BLAKMD_1.html

BLACK DIAMOND MERCURY MITTS (-20/10 ºF) – mittens

http://blackdiamondequipment.com/en/mens-gloves/mercury-mitts-BD801118BLAKMD_1.html

The gloves and mittens have removable liners and the liners fit perfectly in both the mitten and gloves when used. The ability to remove liners is a plus as you can dry your gloves and mittens that are in direst contact to your skin when needed and not worry about insulation degradation as you would with down.

Cheers

@kenlarson, not to derail the thread, but have you ever figured out the “why for” of the trigger finger in the fleece liner, but NOT the mitt in the BD Mercury Mitts?

I wear them on most mornings before sunrise walks with my yellow lab, and that trigger finger in the fleece liner just doesn’t work for me.

Update:

I spent an evening winter camping with lows around 10 F, 0 F with windchill. Here’s what worked for me:

• Outdoor Research Versaliner glove x 2
• Fox River Double Ragg wool mittens
• MLD eVent shells (usually worn over wool mittens)
• Black Diamond Mercury Mitts (with index finger inside the mitten part)

You’ll notice that I don’t have any warm gloves. I found that gloves really didn’t work. Either it was warm enough to wear the liner gloves, or it was cold enough to justify mittens.

I spent most of the time with my hands inside the wool mittens with the shells, sometimes with the liner gloves underneath. If I needed dexterity, I would pop off the mittens quickly and use the liner gloves. When it got really cold, I would use the Mercury Mitts.

In retrospect, I wouldn’t have bought the Mercury Mitts. The trigger finger part is worthless. My index finger would just get cold. I would get normal mittens instead.

I have yet to use this system when it’s cold and I need dexterity, e.g. tying knots, using an ice axe.

Having just watched a program on Reynauds perhaps the best answer is to see your GP and get a prescription for a good long acting extremity specific vasodilator?

What worked for me in tha past before I got my new trigger finger mittens was thin wool/Polypro blend  liners, then a fingerless mitt at all times with a decent warm shelled mitten on top and much arm swinging at high speed.

I don’t have Reynauds. this was the aftermath of some minor frostbite so similar but short term [ 4 to 6 months]