anyone have experience with Sitka Traverse pants?

[Rathmatik]

I picked up a pair of the clearance Traverse pants from EuroOptic for spring turkey, so I think they're the 2021 version. They were extremely comfortable and kept me cool. I'm probably going to pick up another pair or so in solids.

 

[CZDR Michael]

Though I’m sure they were good pants, I thought they were way to baggy from the knee down. I ended up returning them.

 

[mtwarden]

Though I’m sure they were good pants, I thought they were way to baggy from the knee down. I ended up returning them.

If I'm wearing the Traverses I'm probably 99% of the time wearing gaiters. They are definitely looser knee down vs the Ascents

Funny that's how almost all pants used to fit, there was no such thing as taper not that too far back

 

[goathunter]

Happy to report that recently getting back from a bear hunt, the Traverses were perfect. A little warmer than my Ascents, but not so warm to be uncomfortable when temps reached the low 60's.

They appear to be reasonably tough too, having to negotiate a bunch of blowdown with no ill effect.

Would the timberlines have been too heavy for you? Trying to decide what to bring on my upcoming bear hunt

 

[mtwarden]

Would the timberlines have been too heavy for you? Trying to decide what to bring on my upcoming bear hunt

Yeah I think they would have- probably fine in the morning or late evening, but the time in between I think they would have been too warm.

Temps were mid 30's lows and mid-upper 50's highs.

 

[sr80]

Though I’m sure they were good pants, I thought they were way to baggy from the knee down. I ended up returning them.

i felt the same

 

[mtwarden]

Quick update; wore the Traverse's on two short backpack hunts recently- perfect. Just what I was looking for- something a little warmer and weather resistant (and durable) than the Ascent, but less so than the Timberline pants.

Right in between

 

[Kspence49]

I don’t have the ascents but the traverse are much lighter than the timberlines