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Columbia Silver Ridge Lite Long Sleeve Shirt — Long sleeves in the heat, which is the counter-intuitive right answer
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Long sleeves in the heat, which is the counter-intuitive right answer

Columbia Silver Ridge Lite Long Sleeve Shirt

UPF 40, vented back, roll-up sleeves

Covering up is cooler than sunscreen and a t-shirt on the exposed lower Annapurna approach; the fabric is loud and crinkly, and it will never feel like cotton.

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What you get

  • Shade you carry with you
  • Back vents move air on a still climb
  • Dries in under an hour

What it costs you

  • Synthetic, so it smells by day three
  • Crinkly fabric
  • Fit is boxy

Do not buy this if: High-altitude cold. This is a monsoon, jungle and low-approach shirt.

Treks we recommend this for

Not every route needs it. These are the ones where our guides would put it on your list.

The alternatives

Everything else we recommend in warm-weather layers, including the ones we think suit a different trekker.