This is my new gear purchase: the Mont- Bell U.L. Thermawrap Jacket. It cost 111.20, including shipping, from Campsavers.com It will replace my Marmot dri-climb shirt and my Feathered Friends down vest. It’s suppose to weigh less then 8 oz (226 grams), in my size, and will save me 13 oz. (368 grams). It’s coming in the mail. I have high hopes for this jacket.
Update: It runs small and it wasn’t as warm as I had hoped. I missed my down vest.
It brings the base weight of my pack down to under 10lbs (4.5 Kilograms). Of course, if a person were to add an ice ax, a bear canister, and a pair of running shoes– so they wouldn’t have to hike in the snow in sandals– it would increase another 4.5 lbs(2 kilograms).
