Jay:
You're killing me LOL.
I thought I got cold easy being born and raised in Florida.
People are so different in their cold tolerence.
The advice about having "layers" available to wear is good advice.
I like the lightweight synthetic stuff in layers for hiking in the current coolish weather. Longsleeve white layer next to skin and shortsleeve over that. Then I carry my rain shell in my pack along with another lightweight synthetic layer
if I expect I may need it.
Also, I don't like
cotten for a short sleeve top(or anything really when hiking). I sweat a lot and cotten gets soaked. Then when the wind gets up, or temps drop, or I stop...I get chilled. In general, imo, cotten is a bad idea imo for hiking in places like GNP, but HYOH right?
Regarding footwear.... the following is why I think footwear is important...at least for me.
Gal I work with was hiking this week in the park. Avalanche Lake was closed because it was apparently(according to her) "flooded". She said the trail was "mud".
And this will be the case on other trails as well. The late snow is gonna be melting in earnest(imo) if the current forecast holds. This is going to make some of these trails really nasty. They
may close portions of some trails to prevent damage, e.g. Avalanche. Or they might restrict stock traffic on some trails. Horses can really do a number on a soft, wet trail.
My point is: If you like hiking on wet, sloppy, muddy, soupy trails in "lightweight, non waterproof "shoes"...be my guest. I'm a libertarian
HYOH
hike your own hike kind of guy at the end of the day.
Me? I like to keep my feet as
dry as possible, partly do to health(Type II diabetes) concerns but mostly 'cause I like the comfort of
dry feet if at all possible
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