what's up guys welcome back to the channel today's episode
is another video about traveling to the beautiful state of alaska
today we are going to answer the question what do i wear or how do i dress if i'm visiting alaska
in summer this is a question that came up when i shared this video up here in which i talk about
10 things that you should know before traveling to alaska especially if you are traveling or visiting
for the first time and so today i'm going to share with you clothing items that i packed with me
when i was in alaska now summer in alaska is very different than summer in the lower 48 so sometimes
it's sunny and beautiful out some other days it's cold rainy and you want to make sure that you are
as prepared as you can so when you're gonna start your research you will see that everyone
is talking about the importance of dressing in layers and this is something that i personally
learned when i started hiking and backpacking a couple of years ago and so why is it important to
dress in layers the weather is changing constantly around you you can easily adjust you can either
put more layers or less layers so that you are more comfortable this is my system this is what
i was wearing in alaska and this is pretty much my system even for hiking and backpacking in areas
where it's raining all the time when it's cold all the time and so i just add on or remove layers as
we go so this is my base layer so i think it's important to have a base layer with you i love
this base layer and it's probably you probably see in every single hiking video that i have out there
um that's a base layer from colombia and there are a couple of things that i like about this one
and a it's omni heat so this material that you see here inside is very similar to what
an emergency blanket looks like and what it does it just preserves and keeps the
temperature of your body so it works really well when it's cold outside i also like that it has
what do they call it this product incorporates an anti-microbial treatment so it's got
an anti-microbial antibacterial treatment that doesn't let all of the bacteria grow and stick
to the material and this is important especially if you're going to be wearing the same layer
every single day which is very common if you are backpacking usually you wouldn't change and wear
fresh clothes every single day i also love the fact that it's got a collar so even when it's cold
it protects your neck to an extent so what i would do when i was in alaska i would have my sports bra
and this is what i would wear immediately on top of my sports bra and in my day pack
whether we are going for a hike or we are going on a day cruise to see glaciers or even if our
ice climbing i would always have an additional layer in my backpack so this layer very similar
it's also omni heat same material same brand same everything so that when it gets really cold i can
throw another layer on top of my main layers and the system that we follow the layering system
me and alex the exact same thing so whatever i'm talking about here for women applies for
men except for the sports bra maybe but anyway so that's the base layer on top of the base layer
you want to make sure that you do have either a fleece jacket or a down jacket so
this is my fleece jacket same concepts also omni heat i've been using this jacket for more than
four years it works great for me i've hiked in in very cold temperatures and really works
so this is the down jacket the fleece jacket or you can have something like this this is a
another jacket so usually i would take this one with me on in colder temperature like when
we were in yellowstone during winter this is the jacket that i took with me but that is the
one that i took with me to alaska and it works pretty well now because it's gonna be raining
a lot of times actually on every single hike that we went on it was raining you want to make sure
that you do have a rain jacket with you that's my rain jacket actually it's one piece when you
buy them when i bought this this jacket right here these are two pieces and i love the fact
that they are detachable so that if i just need the rain jackets because it's raining outside i
can wear the rain jackets if i need the the fleece jacket i would i could wear the fleece jacket but
definitely want to make sure that you do have rain protection of some sort
um the hoodie is going to be very beneficial for you so yeah so that's the the rain protection
uh what else so yeah for for pants instead of jeans and that's my personal preference and i
think it's better to have some sort of athletic pants i love having hiking pants with me and
this is pretty much what i was wearing when i was in alaska and i would switch between thin
hiking pants and thick hiking pants so this would be uh my hiking pants that i would wear every day
even if i'm just walking around anchorage or seward or somewhere in the kenai peninsula
i will wear this one this is very lightweight weight and very thin also the other
thing that's very important when you are packing your clothes for for your visit to alaska you
want to make sure that they wick moisture wicking moisture means that if it doesn't keep when you
sweat it doesn't keep all of the sweat so it wicks the moisture to to the surface of the material
and then when it gets wet it dries very easily so these are two things that you should think about
with with your clothing especially for hiking clothes so that's what i would wear and then i
have a thicker version of my hiking pants this one right here so these are the pants i believe
that i was wearing when we went ice climbing because when you are ice climbing in the glacier
it's a bit colder in there so you want to make sure that you're keeping your legs
and your upper body warm so i was wearing a thicker uh version of hiking pants and then
um obviously if it's if it's colder well actually what i did when we were ice climbing i was wearing
um an an underwear a base layer so that could be something like your leggings or some actually
my favorite base layer is very similar to to my other base layer but in the form of
pants i just can't find it here but that's what i would usually wear underneath my hiking pants and
it works pretty well so just some athletic pants or hiking pants will work fine with you the other
thing that you want to keep in mind if you are taking and any sort of day cruise or both tours
to go and see glaciers keep in mind that once you enter the passage to get to the glacier and
the closer you get to the glacier it's gonna get really cold so inside the the vessel or the boat
is going to be warm and comfortable but then once you walk out to wash the glacier or spot
some wildlife it's going to get chilly as you get closer to the glacier so for that it's very
important to have some hats and gloves especially gloves so really important to have gloves with you
also if you are going on activities like walking on a glacier or ice climbing you definitely want
to have gloves and these gloves work really well the other thing if you are crazy about
taking photos on your phone or camera especially phone actually i love the fact that they have this
touchpad feature right here where you can still touch your phone and use your phone to take um
videos these are alex's when i was in alaska i don't know what happened to my gloves so i ended
up just buying a five dollars pair of gloves from from some store this is what i was wearing most of
the time and it worked really well so you don't really have to have thick mittens during summer
in alaska you pretty much just want something warm enough so that if you are in the vessel just like
i don't know taking photos or washing with your binoculars that your hands are not getting
um super cold or uncomfortable the other thing that i would recommend for head protection you
can have a hat with you i just like having a buff with me this is a thin version of a
buff and this is a thicker version this is what you how you would be able to use a buff
i love buffs i think this is the my favorite piece of clothing when it comes to hiking so
when it gets really cold out you can use it to cover your neck you can use it to cover your ears
if you need a face covering when you are going to stores you can even use it to mask up and then
when it's really cold you can wear it like this there you go so i would wear
a head buff and underneath my hoodie and that would protect me enough so that's a thin version
if it's really cold out and we took both of them to alaska i think i was using the the thicker
version because i get really cold then i can even see in my ears they get really warm and red
just use it like this to cover my neck or to cover my whole head
there you go next socks this is what i do especially when i'm hiking and backpacking i
would have liners liners are very thin socks that you would wear mine looks a little bit dirty here
but i would have a thin liner and then i would have thick wool socks there you go so pack the
two pairs or three and that keeps me warm all the time okay now when it's going to be sunny
and beautiful outside you can wear a t-shirt i was wearing wearing t-shirt around seward a couple of
days however if you decide to walk by the water or later in the evening it gets pretty windy so
on top of having your rain jacket and your dawn jacket maybe they will be a little bit
heavier and thicker for you you want to make sure that you have a windbreaker with you and that is
my favorite windbreaker i've been wearing this one for probably five six years until i damaged it
last time we were on a horse riding adventure and there was a funny incident maybe that i'm gonna
talk about later on but this happened but anyway so any sort of windbreaker should be good for
you i love this one just because it's warm enough and it's very compact and you even actually have
a storage case where you just put the whole thing into like a little sack yeah it doesn't even take
that much space when you are packing so we got almost forgot about shoes i think it's important
to pack a pair of hiking boots that is waterproof just because most of the hikes were wet i
i can't even think of a hike that where it wasn't raining to be honest i don't know if it
was just us because we attract a lot of rain but i think the conditions are wet most of the time so
waterproof shoes are going to be helpful uh when it comes to activities like walking on
glacier or ice climbing if you are going with a company they are going to be most likely
i think 100 they are going to provide you with the shoes that you can rent shoes that are rated
for that type of activities but as far as hiking or backpacking or just like you know walking even
even if you are walking in the city to be honest if you want to have a pair of running shoes you
can do that i will probably have one with me but that's the the pair of boots that i'm wearing on
pretty much every adventure this is how i dress when i was in alaska and this is pretty much what
i wear even when i'm hiking and backpacking i hope that you guys found this to be useful and i hope
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my name is habiba this is trekking pals and i will see you very soon on a new adventure