Getting Dressed for Winter:
Learn to Love the Layers!
If you missed the December 12 Teton Trip meeting, then you also missed Mr. Green’s fantastic presentation about how to get dressed in the morning. The main goal here is actually your safety, not looking cool. Here’s an easy way to remember all the parts you will need to stay warm:
Wear Wickies, Warmies, Wetties & Windies when weaselating.
1. Wickies:
This base layer of silk long underwear, or some type of synthetic alternative such as capilene wicks the moisture away from your body when you are skiing or snow shoeing, so you stay dry and cozy.
2. Warmies:
This is your insulation layer. Some good options are wool or synthetic fleece. I would suggest packing an extra Warmie top layer in your backpack for times when we stop to talk about something or write something in the field.
3. Wetties & Windies:
This outer shell should protect you from water and wind. Snowboard pants & a rain shell are a good combination, for example. Your Warmies won’t do you much good if they are wet.
4. Weaselating:
You will find out about that when we get there…