Why you need a glove liner....

Do you take your skiing gloves off when you stop along a beautiful alpine run to take a photo, when getting kit out of your rucksack or even to zip up your ski jacket at the top of an exposed mountain? 

Hestra Merino Liners

You will rapidly lose heat that takes a while for the body to get back so, especially if you feel the cold, wear a glove liner under your regular gloves so that you don't need to expose your skin as you will always have a protective layer on your hand.

If, like me you hate cold hands and really feel the cold while skiing, there is no better system than the layering system with Hestra.  I wear (and can highly recommend) the Hestra Merino Liner as this transports any moisture away and creates a warming layer of air.

I then chose the Army Leather Heli Ski Female glove which comes with a removable liner or base glove which has Bemberg insulation.  This thicker liner really keeps your hands warm in normal weather and protects against the wind.

Hestra Army Heli Female 

Then when you add the third layer, the outer shell part of the glove, it protects against the extreme weather you experience whilst skiing.  The Army Heli I wear has a soft leather palm which grips well on ski poles, extra long cuffs that go easily over the ski jacket and stops any unwanted draughts and chills getting in and cuffs that loop over your wrists so you don't drop them in the snow when you take them off!

Hestra advise that  mittens are warmer than gloves but I chose the gloves as a personal choice, however they do do a cross between the two with one finger!

If you combine a liner, base glove and shell outer you increase the warmth by 50%!

I've worn mine for 3 skiing holidays, in freezing windy exposed resorts and my hands have never been warmer.  I keep them in good condition using Hestra Leather Balm when I return from my skiing holiday and I expect them to last many years.

Tess Bradshaw, Little Skiers