Mountain Jacket $450, Mountain Pant (not shown) $350; hellyhansen.com
The Odin Project is a new concept in ski apparel, designed for guides, backcountry skiers, or anyone else who spends a lot of time in the mountains. Each garment in the eight-piece collection is designed to work in concert with the others. The waterproof-breathable Mountain Jacket and Mountain Pant have everything you'd want in tough all-conditions outerwear¿gaping vents, Kevlar-reinforced scuff guards, waterproof zippers, Recco chips, carefully placed pockets¿but the best innovation is that the two can be zipped together to create a stretchy, waterproof-breathable one-piece that looks like a two-piece. The entire project, the result of three years of R&D, includes hard- and softshells, insulation, and baselayers.
- Ryan Stuart