Welcome to a special Buyer’s Guide installment of Gear Spotlight from FREESKIER. Here, we provide a close-up look at the equipment and accessories that everyone should know about. Can’t get enough gear? Click here to see our entire 2020 Buyer’s Guide.
FW Manifest 3L Jacket
FW Manifest 3L Pant
The FW Manifest 3L kit exists at the intersection of style and protection. The jacket gives you a 20K/16K waterproof/breathability rating, a backpack/ harness-friendly design, jacket-to-pant connection to thwart invading snow and a storm hood with a built-in visor to improve visibility when pulled over your helmet. Pair it with the Manifest pant that comes with oversized, top- and side-accessed thigh pockets built for stashing your skins during hot laps in the backcountry.
FW Root Anorak
FW Catalyst 2L Pant
Inspired by retro pull-over designs, the FW Root Anorak 2020 is a comfortable head-turner that can hold up to most conditions on most days at the ski area. A long fit keeps style at a premium, while a Polartec fleece collar and two handwarmer pockets ensure you won’t be chattering while sitting on the lift on those cold winter mornings. The Catalyst 2L Pant provides 40 grams of PrimaLoft Black Eco insulation—made in part from post-consumer recycled materials—for further warmth, a 15K/10K rating to block moisture and promote breathability and oversized cargo pockets that ensure you’ll have plenty of room for sandwiches, brewskis or anything else you need to stow away.
Photography by Bruno Long & Zoya Lynch
