Rethinking layers...

[Jpsmith1]

So, y'all kind of rocked me with the CLO factor of various pieces of gear and now I'm kind of reevaluating everything I 'knew' including how I use my layers.

Super basic question.

Moderate hike in on a cold day.

Yeah, start cold and all, I get that. I do that.

At your stand/glassing point do you:

A. Layer up immediately to trap and preserve the heat you've built up?

B. Allow yourself to cool, layering up as you shed heat?

I've been letting myself cool and kind of layering up slowly over 15-30 minutes but now I'm wondering if I'm not better off layering up immediately.

 

[justinspicher]

I always want to layer right away, but wait until I’ve done a quick scan of the area I’m glassing to make sure I don’t need to move to get a shot.

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

Layer up immediately

 

[Alpine4x4]

Layer up right away. If you get cold while wet from the sweat its hard to shake imo.

 

[STL]

I don’t know about you all, but I need to be conscience of not getting into a like a moderate exertion level or I’ll sweat like a son of a gun. For me it’s more about letting myself dry off vs cool down. If I’m not sweating though, I layer up right away.