Heavyweight Warmth
If you’ve ever seen a dramatic image of a bison covered in snow, thriving in sub-zero temps, you’ll know that winter doesn’t always give you a choice. So, if you’re living where winters are brutal or planning a freezing excursion, be like a bison and suit up with our favorite heavyweight layers that pack as much warmth as humanly possible into a silhouette that sometimes resembles a jacket.
Men’s Heavyweight Jackets
Best Technical Jacket
Rab
Mythic Ultra Jacket
Rab thoughtfully crafted this ultra-warm down insulator with 900-fill hydrophobic down insulation for unbeatable warmth at a minimal weight. Rab’s new Thermo Ionic Lining Technology—or TILT—sits between the down and the body, reflecting heat for maximum thermal efficiency. The Pertex Quantum face fabric keeps wind and weather at bay, and its amazingly packable, allowing you to fold the jacket to neatly pack into the included stuff sack.
Best Daily Jacket
Backcountry
ALLIED Down Après Jacket
We designed the Après Jacket to make those frigid early mornings a little warmer and comfier, like those cold mornings when you arrive at the resort before the bell to make parking lot pancakes. The jacket is stuffed with lightweight, lofty 700-fill ALLIED down, keeping you toasty no matter where you winter with it.
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Women’s Heavyweight Jackets
Best Technical Jacket
Mountain Hardwear
Phantom Alpine Down Hooded Jacket
At 800-fill the Phantom is all about high heat and low weight. The raglan sleeves ensure your range is limitless for a quick self-arrest on a slip and the adjustable hood can fit over a helmet without hindering your peripherals. With a two-way zip and a treated exterior, this puffy is built for technical ascents in cruel conditions, giving you easy access to your harness's tie-in points and shedding light snow, hail, and rain.
Best Daily Jacket
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Kids' Heavyweight Jackets
Best Kids’ Heavyweight Jacket
Patagonia
Down Sweater Jacket
From mid-winter resort laps to early-season climbing trips, Patagonia's Down Sweater Jacket keeps your little adventurer from shivering the stoke out of 'em. The windproof exterior and insulating fill shut out the cold, while the elastic bound cuffs and cinchable hem make sure drafts don't creep in. Built completely with recycled materials, this puffy keeps your grom cozy and our conscience clear.
Best Toddlers’ Heavyweight Jacket
The North Face
1996 Retro Nuptse Jacket
When youngsters join us on our adventures we equip them with the warm and comfortable The North Face 1996 Retro Nuptse Jacket. This jacket combines lofty down insulation with durable recycled nylon face fabric to keep young adventurers warm and covered while they learn about the world.
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