This will either amuse or horrify you. But I thought it would be amusing to document all that I wore on me today (I didn’t wear a backpack, so this really was all on me) when I was skiing in Lake Louise. Yeah, I can’t decide whether I look like a very very fertile woman or a circus animal.

• Heavy ArcTeryx insulated ski jacket
• “Thinner” ArcTeryx synthetic puff jacket
• Helmet
• Liner under helmet
• Thick fleece neck gaiter
• Tank top
• A not-super-thin merino wool base-layer
• The North Face smooth outer face/polartech fleece “mid” layer
• Really really thick fleecy pants
• Stio ski pants (these are burly)
• Hip padding
• Left Sorel snow boot (and two adhesive toe warmers stuck under my foot)
• Right ski boot
• Extra battery pack for right ski boot heater
• Different sock for each foot (some sock manufacturers makes socks that have a handedness to them – no bueno for me :))
• Heated gloves (yes, it has come to this. These gloves aren’t awesome)
• Extra pair of battery packs for heated gloves (battery life isn’t super, see above)
• Belt for attaching quickdraw to my waist
• Quickdraw (I made a small modification yesterday, which was to just switch out the old quickdraw I was using for a Petzl Spirit quickdraw which has a super stiff dogbone which makes for easier clipping)