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Keeping your neck warm

How do you keep your neck / face warm

  • Gaiter

    Votes: 7 41.2%
  • Face Mask

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Scarf

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something Else

    Votes: 10 58.8%

  • Total voters
    17

Nick

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I've always had turtle fur as well. It is annoying though when you try to keep it up by stuffing it under the nose on the mask.

Every time I've tried a face mask I've had issues with icing
 

St. Bear

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I like to get a nice fox, like the lady on the right in this picture.

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Warm and fashionable.
 

57stevey

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Powderfish neck gaiter... as warm as the turtle fur but more breathable, doesn't get all crudded up. On the very coldest day, a super-thin balaclava underneath.
 

wa-loaf

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Where's the nothing choice? Besides having zip neck fleece and the collar on my coat I don't wear anything else around my neck. I bought a balaclava years ago and used it once.
 

gmcunni

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Surprised some of you guys don't have anything. Doesn't your nose / upper cheeks get cold?

i answered gator. BUT i've found the past few years i'm more tolerant of temps and only whip out the gator on windy or very cold days.
 

Edd

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Balaclava. Is that the same thing as a gaiter? I would have been screwed without it this past Mon and Tue.
 

Warp Daddy

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ForTremblant and other areas which regularly have windchills in excess of 25 below zero i wear a "full head cover" heat exchanger style Mask ( the copper insert converts retains warm air and converts cold air to warm ) by Polarguard $ 55 ,

I wear it under my helmet it extends down the neck in to the jacket farther than a standard neck gaiter and together with my goggles i have zero skin exposure

on normally cold days say between 10 degrees and 20 degrees i have a Half style version of this same mask which covers the the lips and mouth aand neck .

i've tried em all over 35 yrs seirius , Turtle fur u name it these heat exchanger styles are the BEST . I 've skied Tremblant at 75 below zero windchill and recently 40 below windchill and these puppy's ROCK !!
 
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