Layering for Cold Weather 101: Accessories

As the weather starts to grow a bit colder and our lives keep taking us outdoors with football games, baseball tournaments, deer season and the fair, we want to take a minute to educate you on the BEST way to keep warm. Though a good jacket is a great step in the right direction, there is so much more to keeping warm. We are going to start at the very bottom of it all, what you need to wear under your clothes, and work our way out to jackets, gloves, hats, scarves and even socks in this technical series on layering.

Accessories: Part 4
by Accessories Department Assistant Manager Ross Lee

In continuation of our cold weather layering series, today I am going to discuss how to keep the parts of your body warm that are not under a jacket. 

Let’s start with your head. I don’t know about you, but I cannot stand when my ears get cold. Did you know that keeping your head warm helps your whole body stay warm? A good beanie is worth its weight in gold on a cool day. Just like Bradley discussed with jackets last week, you want something warm but also wind resistant.  

One of my favorite beanies that meets these criteria is the Airshield Micro Dome from Mountain Hardware. The cool thing about this beanie is how thin it is. Mountain Hardware Airshield elite is a completely windproof material. Put that together with a light fleece and you end up with one of the thinnest, warmest beanies that we sell. Hunters will be interested in the Under Armour reversible beanie, featuring a bright hunters orange side to get you to the stand safely and Mossy Oak Breakup Infinity on the other side to keep you warm and hidden on the other.

Next on the list is your face and neck. Whether you are flying down the slopes in Park City, Utah, watching your child play pee-wee football or waiting on that monster 12-point to walk out onto the food plot you are sitting on, you will be miserable if you don’t keep your face and neck warm. For the more active crowd, check out the Combo Scarf from Seirus. It features a vented neofleece face mask that allows you to breathe, and it blocks the wind to keep you warm. Connected to the mask is a warm fleece neck scarf to keep your neck insulated, too. It will keep you very warm and is available in camo or black. For the more fashion-minded shopper, take a look at all the warm but cute scarves made by LOLE and Pistil that we have in the ladies department.

Last but not least, let’s discuss gloves. I hate when my fingers get cold. It seems that once they are cold I cannot get them warm again. So I always keep a pair of gloves handy, just in case. Personally, my go to glove is the ETip Glove by The North Face. It is a light powerstrech fleece glove which keeps me warm but still allows full dexterity of my hands. The coolest thing about it is the finger tips. It has an Xstatic fingertip that allows you to use your touchscreen phone or tablet without removing your glove. It is the perfect glove to wear around on a brisk, cool day and the perfect under glove to wear with your heavy duty ski gloves.

Another awesome glove that we have is the All Weather Extreme glove by Seirus. This is a soft shell glove that is super warm but thin enough to allow you to still use your fingers pretty easily. It is windproof and waterproof, making it perfect for hunters and more advanced skiers. The last glove I want to discuss is a little more heavy duty.  The Moraine Glove by Marmot is a heavier ski glove. It is waterproof and features 

Marmot’s DriClim material to keep your hands dry and warm. Though it is a little bit thicker, it still allows you to move your fingers pretty freely.

Come by Eagle Eye and let us help you find the best cold weather accessories for your cold weather activities!