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What kind of jackets do you actually use when you're ski touring or mountaineering? A hardshell jacket is often too warm on the ascent and only a first layer is often too cold. Let's see what the answer from LaSportiva is!

The Helix Long Sleeve Zip from Icebreaker has probably become my most-used garment over the last year, as it excels in a number of areas.

For this winter, I particularly wanted a jacket for the really cold season. In recent years, I've become increasingly sensitive to the cold and didn't want to freeze either on the slopes or in the lift. I also didn't want to keep pulling on my jacket and trousers so that nothing slipped and everything was windproof.

The small Swiss clothing brand PENGUIN is breaking new ground in the development of its insulation jackets. With the innovative and functional SuperStrech material from Pinneco and the clear and simple design - as you would expect from Penguin - the jacket is the ideal companion on cold days.

Arc'teryx is adding another component to its insulation elementary particle collection: in addition to Atom and Nuclei, there is now the particularly breathable Proton series.

The Black Diamond First Light Hoody is a lightweight insulating layer with high mobility and is primarily intended as an outer layer. In addition to the Primaloft fabric, the Schoeller outer material helps it achieve this.

Skiing, snowboarding and ski touring may not always take place at low temperatures, but they often do - after all, the beloved powder snow is rarely found at temperatures above zero. Precipitation in frozen form is also usually welcome and the wind, with its well-known chill factor, is more frequent and stronger in the high mountains compared to the lowlands. The sports that PowderGuide is all about can therefore make you feel cold. Or rather, you can get cold if you're not properly dressed!

With the AR version of the popular Nuclei, Arc'teryx is launching a warmer synthetic fiber insulation jacket on the market, which is also equipped with a windstopper membrane, making the jacket not only more robust but also more weather-resistant.

With the Helix LS Zip Hood, New Zealand-based merino wool specialist Icebreaker is expanding its collection with a sporty thermal layer that is also available without a hood (Helix LS Zip) or as a vest (Helix LS Vest). The properties of merino wool that athletes appreciate have been packaged in a new concept: recycled merino wool serves as an insulating lining between water-repellent nylon and skin-friendly, odor-inhibiting merino wool. We tested how this concept performs in practice on snow, sand and asphalt.

With the Atom series, Arc'teryx has various jacket models in its range that are intended as an insulating middle (or sometimes outer) layer. The in-house Coreloft filling provides high thermal performance with low weight, even when damp. The jackets are available in the light version (LT) tested here and in the somewhat more robust all-round (AR) version, as well as in a version without a hood (Atom LT).

Small and compact packable insulation jackets are one of the best developments of recent years. The Down Sweater from Patagonia is one of them.

When I held the jacket in my hands for the first time, I immediately noticed its extremely low weight. Accordingly, I was initially rather skeptical about the jacket's function. I can say it right away: my concerns were more than disproved in the practical test (approx. four weeks).