Outdoor Research OR Men’s L Snow ski/snowboard Insulated Jacket Retail $225

Great outdoor breathable jacket. Per Reviewer: What would you think if I told you that I went for a backcountry ski tour that involved climbing uphill for an hour, sweating enough to get both my base layer top and my hat wet, then skied for a while along rolling terrain, and finally turned around and descended fast to my car—all without making any layering change? That was just my first outing wearing OR’s new Superlayer Jacket. Over the course of several winter days field-testing it, in temperatures ranging from the low single digits to the 30s Fahrenheit, I found it so remarkably breathable that it often never left my body. The Superlayer represents a new addition to a small but growing class of insulated jackets that breathe, for active use in cold temps. That first day I wore it was cold: 13° F when I left my car, and it didn’t warm up at all. I heat up easily, so I often wear only a warm shirt on a sustained uphill climb in temperatures in the 20s Fahrenheit or higher. But with temps in the teens or colder, despite the fact that I worked up a moderate sweat, I never felt the need to take this jacket off. I wore it on several other occasions, including at various times on a four-day January ski trip to a backcountry yurt in Idaho’s Boise Mountains. Backcountry skiing laps up and down a slope near the yurt, I wore the jacket constantly: when I stopped to dig a pit to evaluate avalanche conditions, while skiing down, and while skinning uphill in temps just a fe