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Gloves & Mitts

Warm enough to still hold a pole.

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Smartwool Merino Gloves — The glove you keep on to use the camera
Best liner

The glove you keep on to use the camera

Smartwool Merino Gloves

Merino knit, touchscreen fingertips

Thin enough to work a phone and warm enough for most walking mornings, and merino stays warm damp where fleece does not — completely inadequate on their own once wind gets up on a pass.

Touchscreen fingertips that actually work

Fit inside a shell mitt as a liner

Merino keeps working when they are damp with sweat

Not windproof

Wet through in minutes of snow

Fingertips wear out first

Not for you if: A cold pass crossing as your only glove. This is the inner half of a two-part system.

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Outdoor Research Alti Mitts — Summit-night hands, and nothing lessWarmest

Summit-night hands, and nothing less

Outdoor Research Alti Mitts

The warmest thing you can put on your hands short of an expedition mitt, and useless for anything requiring fingers — which is why they live on a leash and come out for one morning.