Mountain Hardwear

Nitrous Hybrid Jacket - Women's

Sometimes you find yourself stretched thin and being pulled in several different directions at once. Whether you're ice climbing or trying to find space in a crowded subway train on a frigid February evening, the Mountain Hardwear Women's Nitrous Hybrid Jacket follows your every move without complaining or feeling tight. A combination of 800-fill down and stretch fleece panels keep you warm and mobile, even when you're hanging on by your fingertips and toe-tips.
Jackets insulated with down are the equivalent of a fully-loaded turbo-charged German-engineered luxury car. You won't find better or warmer insulation than down—unless the down gets wet, and then just about anything is better than down. Until now. The folks at Mountain Hardwear created Q.Shield Down, a coating imparting permanent water repellancy to individual down fibers that helps down retain loft when it's exposed to moisture. The Q.Shield Down in the Nitrous Hybrid Jacket will still trap air and keep you warm, even when spitty snow turns into steady flurries.
Rather than leave you looking like an overstuffed teddy bear that's also unable to move, the Nitrous Hyrbid combines stretchy fleece panels with down insulation for extra mobility without sacrificing warmth. Horizontal quilted baffles on the front and back torso and upper arms keep the down in place, and stretch panels fill out the sides and underarms—two places where you tend to stretch the most when you're planting a pole, swinging an ice axe, or straining to reach an escaping toddler. Two hand-warmer pockets offer a bit of storage, whether it's for your keys, wallet, or the jacket itself. When you're trying to conserve packing space, stuff the jacket into one of the front pockets.