Gloves for women
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Seems like basically nobody makes decent ice gloves for the tiny-handed womenfolk. All of the women-specific gloves I've seen look stiff, thick, and near useless for technical ice/mixed. Anyone out there have ideas on where to get a technical glove for a lady? |
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Neither of these are along the lines of the OR Alibi, but they are both decent cold weather ice gloves. |
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I recently bought a pair of the Black Diamond Arc gloves, and they are quickly becoming my favorites for all but really cold conditions. They have a little insulation without a lot of bulk. I wear a men's small or women's medium in most gloves (wear the Arcs in size small), and these come in XS. Not crazy expensive, either. |
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The people on the ice climbing world cup circuit all wear golf gloves. If you're doing high end mixed climbing these would be the way to go. |
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Try the women's Rab versions. I've had some great feedback from women on the Rab line of alpine gloves. |
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shoo wrote:Seems like basically nobody makes decent ice gloves for the tiny-handed womenfolk. All of the women-specific gloves I've seen look stiff, thick, and near useless for technical ice/mixed. Anyone out there have ideas on where to get a technical glove for a lady? For reference, I am thinking along the lines of thin, dexterous, leather gloves like the OR Alibi, MH Hydra, BD punishers, etc. Maybe insulated work gloves?My wife really like these camp-usa.com/products/winte… but they are a bit light for much below 10-15 F* |
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shoo wrote: For reference, I am thinking along the lines of thin, dexterous, leather gloves like the OR Alibi, MH Hydra, BD punishers, etc. Maybe insulated work gloves?Don't know about the MH Hydra, but neither Alibi nor Punishers are thin and dexterous. Alibi II are ok, but still there is too much material to make them move freely. I find them too thick for harder climbing, so unless it's really cold or low angle (even pure ice) I use golf gloves. I'm always in search of good gloves and tried on all the gloves at the Ouray Ice fest this year, and I really liked OR Stormtrackers (they come in women's version) and Marmot's XT gloves. The same goes with leather work gloves - the smaller they get, the more dexterity they lose. After an exhaustive search, I finally scored a pair of Kinkos in small (really hard to find) but they're way too stiff. |
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Shoo, I've been trying different approaches to gloves over the years and have finally found a "system" that works best for me. |
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Huh. Thread still going. |