A down jacket is an essential part of the layering system when ski-touring, particularly if you are somewhere that is consistently cold and dry. Having a lightweight down jacket as a mid-layer is a is a key piece of gear when it’s particularly cold, and can easily be paired with a waterproof hard-shell. 

Our Fenrir down jacket is an ideal candidate for a ski-touring trip due to the combination of its lightweight nature, and ability to regulate your body temperature during highly exerting activities.

Similar to ski touring, having a lightweight down jacket like our Thorsen as a part of your layering system offers optimum warmth on those cold, dry days up in the mountains. 

They can be packed down into a compression sack which will take up minimal space in your pack, and can be reached easily when conditions get colder.

Lightweight down jackets often come in handy when climbing, but even more so when you find yourself belaying. 

Maintaining warmth when remaining stationary at the bottom/top of a crag can cause your body temperature to plummet, so having a belay-specific down jacket like the Fjorm can prove an essential piece for those long days at the crag, on a multi-pitch adventure in the Alps or in the depths of a spindrift-filled gully in Scotland.

Heavyweight down jackets are aimed at those adventures that take you either to higher altitudes, or to extremely low temperatures. Down jackets are in a class of their own in these scenarios as there is rarely much moisture in the air. 

 Our Fjorm down jacket has kept multiple mountaineers warm atop the likes of Denali in Alaska, as well as Arctic and Antarctic adventurers. 

With good quality down jackets capable of keeping you comfortable at temperatures of below minus 30 degrees Celsius, it’s common sense to have one on hand in these kinds of environments.

When moving through mountainous terrain, especially in winter, it is essential to maintain warmth. Having a warm, lightweight and packable down jacket like our Fenrir is something that most mountaineers will have in their pack. 

If conditions are going to be cold and dry, a down jacket will far outperform its synthetic competitors in terms of packability and warmth. Whether it be used as an outer layer, or paired with a hard-shell on top to keep out moisture, a lightweight down jacket will always prove useful in the mountains.

Beyond the mountains, down jackets are also just great tools for staying warm when out and about closer to home. 

With the ‘puffer jacket style’ being popular, you wouldn’t look amiss around town in your Asta gilet, and you would definitely be significantly warmer than if wearing a fashion puffer.