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Wearing cotton in the mountains in the fall is begging to get yourself killed by hypothermia. Jeans are cotton.
Now If the weather is going to be warm you can get away with jeans but be sure and bring a pair of wool pants under which you will have a good base layer. Not frigging cotton. Flannel is cotton don't use it. Believe me when you wake up in the morning and the perfect weather forecast was wrong and it's snowing and blowing and 15 degrees outside your jeans are going to be worse than useless and might well get you into deep trouble. With decent wool you simply put it on and go hunting.
I have two pair of Swiss army surplus wool ski pants I bought them for like $11.00 from Cabelas on sale. I have a light wool sweater and a light Woolrich shirt over a good base layer if it gets to hot strip to your base layer. I've also started using Cabelas Woolsteron shirts and have been happy with them. Over the shirt and or sweater I have a surplus Army goretex parka.
Now If the weather is going to be warm you can get away with jeans but be sure and bring a pair of wool pants under which you will have a good base layer. Not frigging cotton. Flannel is cotton don't use it. Believe me when you wake up in the morning and the perfect weather forecast was wrong and it's snowing and blowing and 15 degrees outside your jeans are going to be worse than useless and might well get you into deep trouble. With decent wool you simply put it on and go hunting.
I have two pair of Swiss army surplus wool ski pants I bought them for like $11.00 from Cabelas on sale. I have a light wool sweater and a light Woolrich shirt over a good base layer if it gets to hot strip to your base layer. I've also started using Cabelas Woolsteron shirts and have been happy with them. Over the shirt and or sweater I have a surplus Army goretex parka.