Favorite cold weather Jacket?

[pwd72s]

I do mean cold weather...unless it's below freezing, you'll sweat to death in one of these. I'd wanted one for years, but balked at the price. Managed to snag one a decade or so ago when a store was having a quitting biz sale. Irony is that I don't wear it often because it seldom gets cold enough here in the Willamette Valley.

https://www.filson.com/outerwear/mackinaw-cruiser-alaska-fit.html#sku=11010043-fco-000000537

[Superman]

I love Filson stuff. That jacket would likely insulate even better with a windbreak worn on the outside.

I college, a buddy had an Air Force survival jacket/coat. Drawstring waist. Hood. I coveted that. Winters in Moscow, Idaho are yucky.

[cassisrot]

I used an off the rack Carhartt jacket on my ranch in Colorado. When it got really cold I’d add a sweater. Worked fine.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by cassisrot

I used an off the rack Carhartt jacket on my ranch in Colorado. When it got really cold I’d add a sweater. Worked fine.

yup, luv my Carhartt stuff.

[Tishabet]

My cold weather stuff is mostly backpacking/mountaineering oriented.

For moderate cold (above 20f) my go to is the Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer which weights a mind-blowing 7oz and yet is fairly sturdy.


For more serious cold (down to -25 or so) I have a Feathered Friends Volant:

[911boost]

I have multiple Carhartt jackets and vests that work great out here in the west.

[id10t]

Coldest I've had here in N Florida was 19 degrees, and I happened to be camping that weekend.

Down to about 50, basic hoodie sweatshirt unless it is really windy. Then a lightweight but insulated windbreaker. Below 50, or below 70 when rainy and nasty I break out the M65 I got from the surplus store when I was in high school. Below 40 I add the liner to it, or add some other stand alone layer under it. And when I wanna show my hardcore geek status, I wear my 4th Doctor (Tom Baker) Dr Who scarf...

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by cassisrot

I used an off the rack Carhartt jacket on my ranch in Colorado. When it got really cold I’d add a sweater. Worked fine.

Thank you.

Have three.

[Joe Bob]

I just picked up an insulated Pendleton type button up at Cabellas. $19 bucks.....cable knit sweater underneath and I'm good to down to 0 F.

[cabmandone]

Berne Apparel Coat and Bibs. Had the set since I was in my late 20's. If I wasn't afraid of getting it dirty I'd wear my Cabelas Mt050 whitetail extreme coat and bibs. Stuff is stupid warm, windproof and waterproof I can sit in a tree stand for hours with temps in the teens and the only thing that gets cold are feet and hands.

[herr_oberst]

Layers. My warmest coat is part of a system, elevation and precipitation dependent.

[Noah930]

I have a Patagonia coat which I call "the warmest substance known to man." I think my mom bought it at their annual blowout sale at the Santa Monica airport many years ago. Even during those 3 weeks in February where the temperature never gets above freezing in Massachusetts, I would be sweating when wearing it. My head and legs and feet might still be cold, but my body was sweating.

Now that I live in LA, I haven't worn it in almost 15 years.

[otto_kretschmer]

I still have my foul weather jacket from when I was on the Mckee



Its showing the years but I still use it in what we call winter here in southern Arizona.

I bought another one when I was on vacation in Vermont at a military surplus store

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

I do mean cold weather...unless it's below freezing, you'll sweat to death in one of these. I'd wanted one for years, but balked at the price. Managed to snag one a decade or so ago when a store was having a quitting biz sale. Irony is that I don't wear it often because it seldom gets cold enough here in the Willamette Valley.

https://www.filson.com/outerwear/mackinaw-cruiser-alaska-fit.html#sku=11010043-fco-000000537

That Filson looks solid. Buy right - cry once is my motto. I have a few of their duffel bags and after 10y they're finally getting broken in.

Stormy Kromer might have a Mackinac that's a little more affordable (but certainly not cheap). I do dig their hats though! Still 'murica-made...

We're as cold (or more) here in the NM mountains than upper Michigan but like they say, "it's not the cold, it's the humidity". 15F this morning and I had the kind of sweater you'd use at 50-something in MI/MN/WI/etc...

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Layers. My warmest coat is part of a system, elevation and precipitation dependent.

I lust over the arkteryx/patagucchi/whatever superman wear as much as the next guy but, in our relatively dry rocky mountains - a wool top/fleece/marmot precip (or something cheap and nearly disposable) works. And if I rip the shell open on a rock or a tree, those (on sale) $95 tears hurt far less than something >$500.

[Baz]

I don't spend too much time in the cold-cold but have this Rip Curl Snowboard jacket (mine is Yellow) for when I need the most protection.......

[Wetwork]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

I do mean cold weather...unless it's below freezing, you'll sweat to death in one of these. I'd wanted one for years, but balked at the price. Managed to snag one a decade or so ago when a store was having a quitting biz sale. Irony is that I don't wear it often because it seldom gets cold enough here in the Willamette Valley.

https://www.filson.com/outerwear/mackinaw-cruiser-alaska-fit.html#sku=11010043-fco-000000537

You reminded me I need to re-wax my old Filson duckhuntin jacket..I've been wearing Filson for decades. I just picked up their waterfowling cap for this winter. It's like a Stormy but a billion times tougher and sheds snow and water a lot better. Still haven't ponyied up for a Mack but its always on my wish list. Living on a ranch anything fuzzy (wool) on the outside gets ruined feeding hay, or covered with cockle-burrs hunting. Vintage Pendelton is right up there in quality also (the vintage stuff). I wear my great grandfathers wool shirts through out the winter over here..amazing how well that stuff can last. They made those old shirts real long back in those days so they didn't come un-tucked...ever. Love that.. -WW

[LWJ]

For real cold? I have a huge down jacket. Looks like the Michelin Man.

Mostly layer stuff.

[Evans, Marv]

I have eleven coats/jackets if I count my shirt jackets that I almost never wear in sunny So. Cal. The one I've worn most and may be my favorite is a down sweater I made in 1971 (Frostline Kit) and wore working in the Sierras. At that time I also made an expedition parka (in the picture below at Muir Pass in December, 1973) that was too warm in almost any weather. I've probably worn that the least over the decades.

[Ralph3.]