G3 Alpinist Climbing Skin

The role of a climbing skin is simple: stick to it. The G3 Alpinist Climbing Skin accomplishes this with flying colors through a plush nylon material that bites into everything from soft powder to nasty, compacted skintracks. G3's classic Alpinist got a facelift this season with a removable Ripstrip on the adhesive side, which reduces skin to skin adhesion for easier pull aparts during transitions, but it can also be removed when you need some extra sticking power if your skin glue starts to ice over, or gets a little dirty drying in the hut. The skins are treated with a hydrophobic coating to prevent ice build up, and their glue is rated to perform in temperatures down to 22F.