great all around jacket

By outofdoors Ranked #646 - Men's Technical Shells January 30, 2009

Although I did not buy this jacket from backcountry I thought I would give it a review here since this is the most comprehensive review site. I have had mine for about 2 months and have primarily used it as a skiing shell in the washington cascades. It gets a little stuffier than I would have expected (doesn't breathe as well) when I'm working really hard on challenging ski runs but overall is fairly breathable for being totally waterproof. I used it on a really wet snow day recently and I stayed bone dry after 3 hours and probably 20 or so laps. I also can confirm that the pockets are super waterproof. It's a little bit larger cut than I thought but it doesn't get in the way and I could definitely wear a heavy fleece or synthetic puffy jacket underneath. I am 5'5" and 135# and got a small. Mine is made in Canada. Also, the hemlocks (mentioned on arcteryx site) are basically foam cylinders/tubes in the bottom seam of the jacket (running around your waist) and prevent the bottom of the jacket from riding up and out of a climbing harness. It's pretty cool and totally removable.

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