Product Description

Originally, the Alpiniste sweater was a reinvention of the hearty, boiled-wool sweaters favored for a century by Chamonix guides: The wool provided warmth even when wet and the dense knit kept out much of the wind. For the original Alpiniste, we gave the soft, heavy-gauge merino wool a twist before knitting, and brushed the inside to provide extra loft and warmth. Our reincarnation is made in a gutsy 5-gauge lambswool/nylon blend. With a faux leather tab to finish the quarter-zip opening, a cozy