How To Dress Warm For Winter Hikes

Transcript for: How To Dress Warm For Winter Hikes

"Hi! This is Chris and on behalf of expertvillage.com in this clip we are going to talk a little bit about basic clothing for beginning hiking. This is for the winter time only. During the winter time obviously it is going to be much colder in many location that you go will be changeling in terms of the weather. So the most important thing you want to remember is dressing in layers is very important. You bottom layer in the winter time should be of a spandex material so you have mobility and stretchability but also keeps in the heat. The second layer I recommend is a fleece lining. Fleece is good in holding in heat but, to top that off you want to top it off with a shell. Some type of nylon shell wind breaking material. Dressing in layers helps as you could remove layers if you become over heated but still have those clothes with you for when times comes you actually cool down and warm back up for the evening. In winter time I highly recommend boots not shoes. You might be cutting through so water, you might cut through some snow or mud with better ankle support is a better time with ice and snow that you wear a boot as oppose to a cross trainer or a sneaker. In the winter time I still take a long my ......... as well sometimes I would even wear it on top of my knit hat because it gets a lot of glare in the winter time even off on stone and rock and could be blinding so I often times I would wear this as well in the winter time just to keep the sun and glare off of me. Gloves are highly recommend in the winter time as well basically a standard part of your pack anyway but in winter time you will find a necessities actually use these a nice fleece lining glove works very nicely and if you are going to a much colder condition you could get a external shell for these gloves as well. Including with your boot in the winter time I highly recommend a wool sock or a wool blend sock to wear in combination with your boots. That would supply you with a great deal of insulation, keep your feet warm, and I want to reiterate a wool blend is excellent choose for the out doors. As far as your pants are concerned you are going to want to wear a pair of long underwear. Dressing in layers as well underneath. On the outside you are going to want a pair of wind reflecting pants if possible you want to make it water proof as well. In this case it is nice to have the zip off short because sometimes you do get overheated over the mountains or hiking or even in the winter time this gives you a chance to ventilate your self a little bit. Which is nice instead of overheating with a large back pack in your bag."