>>2491868Merino is shit. Use synthetics.
>okay, and why are most winter jackets packed then?Hiking doesn't require as much range of motion, reflexes, etc so a bulkier piece of clothing is fine. That's sometimes undesirable for technically challenging activities such as skiing.
>Still doesn’t really explain why you can’t just wear a rain jacket and not have to buy a ski jacket.You can wear a rain jacket as long as you wear adequate base layers, and as long as it's a high quality rain jacket (i.e. gore tex). A proper "ski jacket" will generally be a bit warmer but there is absolutely nothing wrong with wearing a gore tex rain jacket over base layers, unless it's really fucking cold.
>-30 CAn INSULATED ski jacket with a single long-sleeve warm synthetic base layer, and something like a t-shirt under that, would be fine for -30C imo. If using a summer rain jacket as your outer layer, then you'd need several base layers, and at that point it can potentially get a bit movement-restricting, so in -30 you will generally want your outer layer to be insulated.
>how tf did you knowHe probably looked it up from your picture.
>>2491869>I just don’t get what like, the minimum temperature you can stay warm at while skiing would be, without a puffy jacket.There is a difference between puffy and insulated you autist. Rain jacket + 1-2 base layers is fine down to, idk, maybe single digits F depending on how warm the base layers are and how good you are at dealing with cold. I personally would be fine with a rain jacket and a single base layer OR insulated jacket with no base layer into around teens F, rain jacket with 2 base layers OR insulated jacket with 1 base layer into single digits F. Would want an insulated jacket with 1-2 base layers for subzero F. Insulated jacket with 2 base layers would be fine into the negative 20s F, maybe even colder. Depends partly if it's windy or calm, cloudy or sunny.
"insulated jacket" does not mean puffy, fuck puffies
