Working students in the wild have been known to search out sources of warmth in the winter months. Photo via Destination Farm FB page.
There’s no getting around it now — winter is coming. In fact, for some of our readers, it may have already arrived. We think a lot about dressing our horses for cold weather, but what about us? It’s no fun doing barn chores in with frozen fingers and toes, but it’s equally miserable being so bundled up you can barely move your arms and resemble the Michelin man, or worse, whatever this is:
Poate aveti nevoie de o geaca de iarna!
Posted by Ade Andreea on Tuesday, October 23, 2018
My go-to OOTD on the coldest days of the year is a thermal base layer, an insulating fleece layer, and then a really good quality, heavy winter coat. Add a cozy scarf and some kind of ear cover that fits under my helmet (I have a thin balaclava that I love. It keeps my nose and cheeks warm in the worst of the wind), and it’s not so bad.
But in all honesty, I may live in the mountains and we don’t have an indoor, but it still doesn’t get that cold here. We have readers who deal with feet of snow for months on end and literally frigid temps. So let’s here it from the people who really know — how do you layer up for comfortable (as possible) riding in winter? How do you stave off frozen fingers and toes?
Let us know in the comments (Your fellow readers will thank you).
