Ultimate Direction

Ultra Jacket - Men's

The Ultimate Direction Men's Ultra Jacket packs down to the size of a water bottle and weighs far less. Its ultralight design puts a breathable nylon fabric with fully taped seams between you and the elements and the breathable mesh along the underarms and hood allows accumulated heat to pass through the jacket as you push yourself further and higher through the mountains. Speaking of which, you might be thinking a mesh hood sounds like a waste of time, and in ordinary circumstances you'd be absolutely right about that. However, Ultimate Direction designed the hood with its TunnelEffect channel, which puts a mesh gills along the inner top and back of the hood—so your head doesn't get hot and sweaty as you run through whipping winds an spitting rains. Ultimate Direction even integrated hand covers that can be pulled around cold fingers, meaning you don't have to waste precious space and weight packing a pair of gloves.