Perfect layering sweater

By catiecoo Ranked #56 - Women's Down Jackets February 2, 2009

I bought this jacket for snowboarding. I usually wear 5 thin wool layers under my un-insulated snowboarding jacket, since the weather in Colorado ski resorts can be pretty cold. It certainly feels very bulky, and with this sweater I was hoping to replace 2-3 layers that I'm currently wearing.

I tested this sweater out last week when we skied in Winter Park, CO, where the temp at the base was 10 deg F, snowing, with wind chill below 0. I wore 3 thin layers under this down sweater, and topping it off with the snowboarding jacket. I was cool on the chair lift, but definitely not cold. On the third day of skiing, temp was in the 30's, sunny, and I wore 2 layers under this sweater, and I was not hot. So thickness-wise, I'm very happy with it.

In terms of design, this sweater couldn't be better designed for an under-layer. I'm 5'6", 110 LB, small is perfect for me. Sleeves come up to exactly where my wrists are, making it very nice to wear with snowboarding gloves. The length is perfect as well - it comes down to just under the waist, short enough for me to tie my powder skirt with the pants and not having any part of the sweater extended below the skirt. In fact, when I fell into deep powder, the bottom part of the sweater was very protected by the powder skirt, so it didn't get damp at all. So overall, this jacket is ideal for layering, and perhaps a tad short and thin to use on its own.

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