Clothing Reviews

In the Sierra's often-dry climate, I almost never wear a full-service shell. For that reason, I love North Face's ultralight Verto Jacket which vanishes into your pack when you don't need it. For a more durable yet still affordable shell, North Face's Venture remains a solid pick.

For fleece I like Mountain Hardwear's Microchill tops.

Hats

• Everest Designs Sherpa Hat
• Icebreaker Pocket 200 Beanie
• Patagonia Upwind Beanie"
• Mountain Hardwear Windstopper Beanie
• Dorfman Pacific Solarweave Mesh Trekker
• North Face High Point Hat

Shirts

• Arcteryx Motus Crew
• SmartWool Microweight Crew
• Mountain Hardwear Wicked Lite
• Patagonia Capilene Zip-Neck

Fleece

• Marmot Front Range
• Mountain Hardwear Microchill
• North Face Malache
• North Face Miwok Fleece
• North Face Khumbu
• North Face Denali
• Patagonia R4 Fleece

Jackets

• Mountain Hardwear Ghost Whisperer
• North Face Verto
• Marmot Nano
• Marmot Genesis
• Mountain Hardwear Typhoon
• GoLite Ether
• North Face Apex Bionic
• North Face Ama Dablam
• Marmot PreCip Jacket
• North Face Triumph Anorak
• North Face Venture

Pants & Bottoms

• OR Cirque Pant
• OR Igneo Pant
• North Face Freedom Pant
• Arcteryx Gamma LT Pant
• Arcteryx Palisade Pant
• Marmot Scree Softshell Pant
• Marmot PreCip Pant
• Smartwool Microweight Bottoms
• Patagonia Capilene 1 Bottoms

Vests

• North Face Windwall
• Montbell UL Down
• Mountain Hardwear Mountain Tech

Gloves

• Icebreaker Quantum Glove
• North Face Pamir
• Black Diamond Prodigy
• Swany X-Change
• Black Diamond WindWeight Fleece
• Black Diamond Torque
• Marmot Power Stretch Liner
• Marmot Randonnee
• Black Diamond Dry Tool
• Black Diamond System Shell GTX

Socks

• Dahlgren Sno Comp
• Injinji Outdoor Crew
• Smartwool PhD Ski Ultra Light