It struck me over the summer that this winter was going to be a little tougher than I may be used to!
I started preparing, clothes wise, in early Fall. I bought some Mountain Horse winter rider pants, which are basically ski pants with a suede-y seat panel to stop you slipping around in the saddle. They are excellent, and I like them best with a pair of light thermal leggings underneath. I tried them with Skins leggings, but the two materials next to each other were very slippy, especially when cantering!!
For a trail ride at around 0f, I usually wear:
-ski socks or hiking/work socks under either my roping boots or, if it's colder, my long winter/country boots.
- my winter riders with thermal trousers AND thermal shorts underneath them! I have a great pair of Musto trousers and North Face shorts from a mountain equipment store (stolen from my skier boyfriend!)
my icebreaker merino thermal undershirt, topped with a t-shirt, a midweight fleece, a bodywarmer and then my big, thick Carhartt worker jacket if it's just cold, or my 14 year old Musto snug, if it's snowing. Seriously, snugs? Best.Jacket.Ever. My Mum bought me it when I was 11, telling me if anything happened to it, I wasn't getting another. Fair enough. At first, I revered it, wore it only for shows and extra cold days. Never to groom or muck out! Gradually, I wore it more often, until it became my go-to winter jacket. Over the years it has gained Stockholm tar stains, purple spray stains, stains I can't even tell what they are anymore. Its cuffs have frayed, I can no longer read the washing directions on it and I even took it skiing in Colorado once, stains and all! I see this has become a kind of tribute to my jacket, but seriously, I adore it!
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I have a turtle style neck fleece that goes up to my eyes - I haven't yet found a balaclava that goes under my riding hat, but I'll keep looking - and I wear saddlecraft neoprene gloves that my Mum sent over from the UK, or my deerskin gloves from Jackson Hole that have a cowboy stamped on the back of them. I think I am extremely cool when I wear these.
When I was younger, I swore by woofwear neoprene gloves, but I'd go through a pair every winter as they'd wear through at the base of the fingers where the reins sat.
These items usually keep me warm for about an hour trail. My little fingers and toes sometimes start with a bit of cold ache, but nothing to whinge about.
I started preparing, clothes wise, in early Fall. I bought some Mountain Horse winter rider pants, which are basically ski pants with a suede-y seat panel to stop you slipping around in the saddle. They are excellent, and I like them best with a pair of light thermal leggings underneath. I tried them with Skins leggings, but the two materials next to each other were very slippy, especially when cantering!!
For a trail ride at around 0f, I usually wear:
-ski socks or hiking/work socks under either my roping boots or, if it's colder, my long winter/country boots.
- my winter riders with thermal trousers AND thermal shorts underneath them! I have a great pair of Musto trousers and North Face shorts from a mountain equipment store (stolen from my skier boyfriend!)
my icebreaker merino thermal undershirt, topped with a t-shirt, a midweight fleece, a bodywarmer and then my big, thick Carhartt worker jacket if it's just cold, or my 14 year old Musto snug, if it's snowing. Seriously, snugs? Best.Jacket.Ever. My Mum bought me it when I was 11, telling me if anything happened to it, I wasn't getting another. Fair enough. At first, I revered it, wore it only for shows and extra cold days. Never to groom or muck out! Gradually, I wore it more often, until it became my go-to winter jacket. Over the years it has gained Stockholm tar stains, purple spray stains, stains I can't even tell what they are anymore. Its cuffs have frayed, I can no longer read the washing directions on it and I even took it skiing in Colorado once, stains and all! I see this has become a kind of tribute to my jacket, but seriously, I adore it!
back to the list!
I have a turtle style neck fleece that goes up to my eyes - I haven't yet found a balaclava that goes under my riding hat, but I'll keep looking - and I wear saddlecraft neoprene gloves that my Mum sent over from the UK, or my deerskin gloves from Jackson Hole that have a cowboy stamped on the back of them. I think I am extremely cool when I wear these.
When I was younger, I swore by woofwear neoprene gloves, but I'd go through a pair every winter as they'd wear through at the base of the fingers where the reins sat.
These items usually keep me warm for about an hour trail. My little fingers and toes sometimes start with a bit of cold ache, but nothing to whinge about.
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