![]() ![]() The hood flips up easily and remains unobtrusive when downand its flexible wire brim kept rain off my face even when hiking into heavy, wind-driven, cold mist. I fitted the adjustable and helmet-compatible hood-using a one-hand pull in the back and front drawcords positioned inside the collar-once and never had to readjust it. Outdoor Research Helium AscentShell Jacket hood. Click here now to plan your next great backpacking adventure using my expert e-guides. ![]() In the range of conditions that most hikers, backpackers, and climbers encounter, the breathability is welcome when you’re on the move and the very slight wind penetration even feels good. That might become an obstacle to comfort only in the most extreme wind and cold temps, for which you can usually add appropriate insulation layers, anyway. That superior breathability also translates to it not being fully windproof: I could feel a slight amount of wind coming through the jacket on extremely windy days. Testing the Outdoor Research Helium AscentShell Jacket on Iceland’s Fimmvörðuháls Trail. #Outdoor research uberlayer jacket review freeLike what you’re reading? Sign up now for my FREE email newsletter! Although my hikes lacked circumstances that would truly test the jacket’s durability, I’ve found Pertex Diamond Fuse fabric to be quite tough in other shells that feature it. That’s excellent performance for a shell weighing under 12 ounces (men’s medium). I’ve found seen that same high breathability in several other OR jackets that use that membrane. I stayed completely dry through days of hiking in rain, thanks also to the AscentShell membrane’s very good breathability, which prevented me from overheating. The lightweight, fully seam-taped Helium AscentShell Jacket employs a unique combination of very durable Pertex Diamond Fuse fabric laminated to OR’s proprietary three-layer,electrospun, waterproof-breathable AscentShell membrane with 30-denier nylon ripstop and a 7-denier tricot backer. I also wore it hiking in strong, chilly wind and rain showers in Idaho’s City of Rocks National Reserve and Castle Rocks State Park in June. All of those outings featured wind and cool to cold temps, usually accompanied by on-and-off rain ranging from light and heavy mist to steady rainfall. Outdoor Research Helium AscentShell Jacket.īesides seven days of hiking on that hut trek, I wore the Helium AscentShell Jacket on dayhikes of the peaks Blahnukur and Brennisteinsalda in Iceland’s Fjallabak Nature Preserve, Súlur near the town of Akureyri in Iceland’s north, a 10-mile dayhike in Vatnajokull National Park, and a half-day hike to Glymur Falls. Click here to learn how I can help you plan your next trip. Click here for my e-guides to classic backpacking trips. #Outdoor research uberlayer jacket review fullJoin The Big Outside to get full access to all of my blog’s stories. Click here to sign up for my FREE email newsletter. Hi, I’m Michael Lanza, creator of The Big Outside. And this lightweight shell rose to the challenge of some of the most difficult conditions that most hikers, backpackers, and climbers ever face. I wore OR’s Helium AscentShell Jacket for several hours every day for a week trekking Iceland’s Laugavegur Trail and Fimmvörðuháls Trail, through cool temps with wind and rain on most days, and on several dayhikes along Iceland’s Ring Road, with similar weather, including hard, wind-driven rain at times. Heading to Iceland for a couple weeks of hiking-including trekking hut to hut, when we’d be committed to hitting the trail every day, no matter the weather in a place where it’s rarely good-I knew I’d basically be living in my rain shell, so I wanted it to feel good and to work. ![]() Outdoor Research Helium AscentShell Jacket ![]()
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