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Originally Posted by roastpuff
I picked up an Alpha AR to ski with/use as a shell in summer.
What do you recommend for layering underneath for winter?
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Depends on what type of activities you’ll mostly use it for, but just for your daily winter wear around town, probably a Cerium LT or SL (if you’re only considering Arcteryx). The SL seems expensive for what it is, but I love mine. It’s weightless, and from October until now I’ve just been wearing a t-shirt or long sleeve underneath. If I throw a light hoodie on under, I can probably get through Vancouver winters... if I didn’t already have a whole collection of gear lol
But having said that, any high rated down jacket under a shell will do for most Vancouver winters. I also have a cheaper $160 down jacket from Mountain Warehouse that’s just as warm as my $400 Arcteryx Cerium SL. The Mountain Warehouse one just weighs 10x more (probably literally... I should weigh them)
I don’t recommend down for snowboarding because it gets way too warm. And moisture (snow, sweat) is down’s worst enemy. For snowboarding, snowshoeing, etc, I usually wear my Atom Lt or Atom AR underneath a shell and I’m good.