First of all let's start with a jacket. For my recent ski trip to the alps I splashed out on The North Face Grentz Jacket. A sick looking jacket that you can get it in a few different colours. Flare Orange, Insane Blue or Lantern Green. I got the Flare Orange as you have probably seen from the Val d'isere pictures. I love the contrasting shoulder colour design and the one colour reverse side, you definitely stand out in the white powder in these no matter what colour.
Let's get to it. The Grentz has a Heatseeker™ Eco 100g insulated body and 80g sleeves combined with a bombproof, waterproof and breathable HyVent© shell. Whatever wipe you take on or off the piste it's going to be hard to tear this thing. The zip is off cut, which not only looks great when the hood is up, and your Von Zippers are reflecting (we'll come to those later), but it helps calm the irritation of your manly beard getting snagged all the time!!
You've got all the practical features of a snow sports jacket; 2 stash pockets inside for goggles, vodka and baguette, internal glove pocket, ipod slot and peep hole for your head phone jack, powder skirt, adjustable hem and pant-a-locks, velcro wrists! There are two huge hand pockets and a thoroughly big chest pocket for a camera, map etc. There's a nice Buddy lift clip in one of the hand pockets, and a nice goggle cloth in a wrist pocket. The hood is fixed and adjustable, with a nice high face guard on the neck when zipped. In the Tigues whiteout days this proved a real life saver! The jacket is still on the current The North Face snow sports line and retails at around £200.00. It comes in S-XL.
Final words. Great design, lots of features, warm, breathable and bright. Go Ski!!
Peace,
Dan
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