Good question because I have those same Sitka Pants and know what you're talking about. Our Vesper pants whicih are designed for warmer weather hunts have a lighweight, airy style mesh. And our Torex Pants, which is the more mid-season pant have a mesh pocket material as well. Not the same as our Vesper but still plenty breathable.
We'll have the produc pages live on Monday and we should have the sizing chart done by then as well. What inseam/waist size are you curious about?
Hell yeah can’t wait. Thanks for all the work and effort you guys have put in in this project
It's a labor of love!
Great! I'm a 36ish waist with a 35" inseam.
Glad you asked this one. That’s something we will do in the future. For me personally I have a love hate relationship with knee pads. Hate them 90% of the time while I’m hiking around until the 1% of the time when I actually want them. But yes I agree they can be handy and we will make that an option in the future.
Our 36”waist might fit you just fine. For that size your inseam is 33” but total pant length is 44.5”. We have a longer rise than most brands, so when you’re looking at the sizing keep that in mind and measure from your waist down 44.5” to see where the pants will hit your leg and if they will fit you.
I’d also vouch for ability to add removable suspenders (like Sitka Timberlines). I have wide hips so my pants (Kuiu Katanas) will fall without suspenders. Its been an issue when carrying my K4 pack as my waist belt will rub me badly without the pant material as a buffer.
No women’s specific sizing so not sure how they would fit.
I'm working on some more hot weather clothing. For what it's worth, I used our Vesper Pant in Hawaii (which was hot), and both scouting all summer and then hunting in the desert of Nevada in August. The warmest it got was on my hunt when it was 100 for a few days, but it was in the 90's every day. Even though it was hot, I was fine with the Vesper and didn't feel like I would have wanted anything lighter.
It really depends on how hot you run and whether you're sitting or moving. For me and most of our testers, I found I really never needed a baselayer through September. If I had a particularly cold September morning and I was going to be glassing and sitting for a while, I would throw on puffy pants instead of a baselayer and I was fine. For hiking around up a mountain, I wouldn't wear a baselayer underneath until it gets down to 20 degrees or less, but I don't like having a baselayer on when my hear rate is high.
