Ascent Knit Trouser Across the wide-open landscapes of

Across the wide-open landscapes of the American mountains—where the earliest skiers carved pioneering paths through deep winter snowpacks—there emerged a distinctly national expression of alpine sport

and durability of a proper sweater has accompanied mountain guides since the first ascents and descents by the Scandinavians of the 19th century

the Downhill ‘27 Jacket links the passion of skiing’s first sports clubs with the excitement

Crafted to embody the quiet sophistication of women who helped define alpine culture—where sport

Ascent Knit Trouser Across the wide-open landscapes ofAs versatile as the skills needed for the first ascents of Golden Age of Mountaineering are the garments that accompanied such 19th century climbs. Of such ensembles & equipment perhaps none was more important than the robust knitwear of the era. Appropriate at nearly any elevation and stage of upward route finding these sweaters created a wardrobe efficiency allowing ski mountaineers a single element of their kit that could simultaneously act as a