great resort jacket

By tour Ranked #615 - Men's Down Jackets June 2, 2009

This is my cold weather jacket if I'm riding the lift at resorts. I'm a cyclist all summer, so I have very little body mass to keep me warm. I live in Summit Co. so it gets very cold and windy at times. This jacket with an ice breaker base and a 100 weight fleece has never let me feel cold.

I was worried about ripping this jacket (or any puffy) while in the trees. I spend 80% of my time in the trees while riding the lifts. The jacket has survived many scrapes and a few full on crashes into trees with some marks, but no rips or even small holes in the fabric. Much tougher than i expected.

The great thing about this jacket is it's really heavy, but I wouldn't ever dream of taking it to hike/skin. I would overheat very quickly, and it weighs too much. I took it on some slack country around the Basin and Tucker, and I blow up there, can't imagine a full on b.c. with it, but thats not what I got it for.

The color is also great. I got the citron. It is between neon yellow. Not for everybody, but the guys i go out with all have very bright jackets. If we get split up, its easy to find each other. Friends can track us down very easily if we say which lift we will be riding.

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