outdoor pants?

Underarmor long johns with military cargo pants. Underarmor seems to work great for holding heat.
 
The new woolrich tactical pants ROCK.
if you are going for wool, believe it or not, older banana republic stuff works pretty good. I have a pair of pants from them that I like. There are some swedish or german bdu pants made out of wool as well.
 
I wear these while hiking, or if I get to far from the truck. Very comfortable nylon almost silky, and durable.
http://www.rei.com/product/746907

Just camping or close to a bailout, I dont worry about it to much. Any chance I could get lost or stuck out away from the truck though and I wear all synthetic. Thats traveling wear, For camping/woodsbumming situations away from the truck Id rather wear stuff like wool that a fire wont melt. But most of my overnighters involve miles and packs so I dont even have any wool pants.:(
 
I have some REI Sahara's - some Slickrock's - and some Field and Steam pants. It doesn't get cold here in Tejas that often.

TF
 
A pair of Eastern Mountain Sports hiking pants have served me well for the better part of a decade. They're some sort of brushed nylon that is pretty soft and they dry quickly. They also seem to shrug off briars, thorns and prickers quite well. Put a pair of synthetic long johns under them and you have close to four season pants.

I recently bought a couple pairs of EMS nylon pants that are sort of cordura-lite. Thicker than the brushed stuff, but not too stiff. They have a chamois waistband and are really comfortable. We'll see how well they fare over the long haul.

As it was mentioned before, the ability to shrug off an errant spark isn't great with synthetic pants. I've got some char marks in the older pair, but they didn't catch fire. I'm somewhat careful though.
 
hmm, nothing fancy. Late spring, summer and early fall consists of cargo shorts, cargo pants of what ever type, jeans, bdu's If I can find them:rolleyes:

winter is layers of wool and a shell.
 
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I've always found corduroy to be good for outdoors. It seems to repel rain/snow and is nice and windproof though I don't know what would happen if you fell in a river or something.
When I was about 10 years old I had a pair of Canadian corduroys with a quilted lining. So warm in the snow! Does no-one make those any more? :confused:
 
I really like the 5.11 tactical pants. No cotton, lots of pockets, tough... that's what I look for.

Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
REI nylon cargo pants( I find them in thrift stores areound Seattle all the time) , 5.11's and I recently tried a pair of LA Police Gear Tac Ops pants. I heard later that they are a knock off of TAD Gear Force 10's. They are great deal at under 25 bucks. I don't typically supprt knock-offs but they work very well.
 
When I am hiking in my woods I wear whatever.

When I am seriously hiking I wear the convertable quick drying nylon pants
 
it depends on the situation for me...

bumming around in the woods behind the house, i wear whatever i'm already wearing. as long as i can move comfortably and they aren't too heavy, i'm good.

in the summer it gets pretty hot around here, so i typically just wear some light cotton pants or my running shorts.

in the winter i layer up. a pair of thin synthetic sleeping pants with a pair of nylon hiking pants. often a pair of cotton cargo pants ontop of all that, to prevent my fancy hiking pants from melting or tearing when bushwhacking. also seals in more heat.
 
I have a three layer system I use:

Outer layer is US army issue gortex (when raining or snowing),
Mid layer is a cotton ripstop type cargo pant with yeti gaiters,
Base layer is softie trousers or Buffalo trousers only when cold or i'm static.

Depending on the weather i'll either freeball or wear cycling shorts.

I'm about to buy 5.11 pants to try out so if they work i'll let you know.
 
I've been beatin my head against this wall, too. I like those Swedish surplus wool pants, but I haven't found them in my size yet. (I suspect all the XL's and tall sizes get used up and don't make it the surplus stores?)

I have a couple pairs of fleece-lined, thinsulated jeans from Fleet Farm which I love in town. If someone made a pair like that but with lightweight wool instead of cotton denim on the outside? I'd be all over it.

In warm weather I get by just fine with jeans or bdu's, I keep a spare pair of shorts in my pack in case I get soaked, or know I'm going to get soaked. Only problem is, you can only count on warm weather here for about 60 days... spring and fall are a real gamble.
 
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