Winter is COLD up here in Alaska and often times, the only way to stay warm when living, working, and recreating in the deep cold is to accent your winter puff layers with fur.
Amanda Gecas, my personal friend and fellow winter enthusiast, grew up mushing dogs on the Yukon River in eastern Interior Alaska and knows a thing or two about staying warm in wickedly cold conditions. She's been sewing fur products for years and, recently, I convinced her to 'go pro' with her talent, as she's made the finest fur products I've seen, including the wolverine & beaver ruff on my TNF Himalayan parka.
Her beaver & wolverine mitts have been on the 1,000 mile long Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race and across the Arctic Ocean, to the North Pole. Her wolverine ruffs have seen 17,000 feet on Denali in January and thousands of miles of the coldest places in Alaska on the runners of numerous dogsleds. Her beaver hats have kept the heads of mushers and Alaska bush pilots warm when there was no time to worry about being cold.
If dipping mercury doesn't keep you indoors in front of the Toyo or fireplace, please check out the website I just finished designing for her:
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A question: do you want the fur on your fat layer (warmth when sleeping/stopped/really cold), or on a lighter layer you'd more consistently wear when moving?
ReplyDeletePut another way, how cold does it have to be before these things are good to have?
First off, fur is best applied in extreme conditions when you're out for long periods of time, i.e. mushers, winter climbers, Alaska pipeline workers, etc. For fast & light people, fur doesn't get that much use, as we tend to not go fast & light in extreme conditions... but it can sure help make that happen!
ReplyDeleteSecond, that's a big debate of what to put fur on. Some like it on their canvas parka or outerlayer for windy conditions. Some, like me, only want it for when it's really cold, so it goes on the fat down parka.
The fur ruff is awesome for cold, super windy conditions and for the extreme cold, probably -20F & below where you really see its benefits. The fur creates a tunnel in front of your face, where warmer air sits, almost undisturbed.
Personally, I don't like it on a shell-type layer because I don't find it necessary, as I'd just rather where the hood, goggles, and a facemask, especially since my clothing system is light & fast oriented. I had my wolverine ruff on my canvas mushing parka, but then switched it to the down and like it a lot better there, as I think its real application is Arctic winter temps.
To not be biased, take a look at all the Alaska mushers who wear ruffs... you'll see them on both shells and warm layers. Like all adventure clothing, it depends on what you like and the clothing system you're running, as you're well aware.
One thing I do like that is unconventional is Skurka's use of fur around the neck collar to seal up the neck on his puffy jacket. That would probably be really nice in the cold. You'd probably want to go with a smaller amount of fur, though, not like my wolverine ruff.
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