White snow, the steep run, bright overalls, feeling of freedom and own force – to these also involve alpine skis. The main – the speed which nothing has to stir including what is called "sports linen" or "the clothes sublayer".
Why it is necessary?
At the layered clothing – two main functions. It has to keep heat and regulate sweating. People, whose work or hobbies are connected with activity in extreme conditions, need linen in which they would feel in similar conditions most comfortably. Producers of the layered clothing consider needs of the clients, and release trousers and shirts of different thickness and from different materials. So, those to whom it is necessary to remain long at cold weather motionless need quite thick linen providing the maximum thermodefence. The mountain skier has the variable activity, some time he quickly moves, then climbs the slope and there can be short time motionless. That is it needs linen not too thick, but providing the maximum freedom of movement. At this layered clothing has to take away moisture quickly enough. Thermoprotective functions in this case play the supporting role. The fine layered clothing will become ideal option.
What it is made of?
The leading producers of the layered clothing offer buyers sets or separate objects from natural fibers, synthetic and mixed. Natural fibers – wool and cotton, they can be applied in different combinations. Woolen linen is the warmest other, but it doesn't suit for the mountain skier for a number of reasons. First, wool easily absorbs moisture and slowly dries, that is even after the only descent you risk to appear in damp linen and to catch a cold. Besides, the become wet wool irritates the skin and can even injure it that won't make your rest more pleasant. Absolute cotton is no good too as becomes wet almost also easily, as well as wool.
From synthetic materials polypropylene and polyester are mainly used. Requirements to materials rather strict. In fibers there shouldn't be nothing of that kind that would cause the allergy or put the trauma.
Linen from natural materials, of course, more nice on the touch, but it has very essential shortcoming: it badly takes away moisture, that is for the mountain skier is unsuitable. It is the best of all to choose either synthetic linen, or mixed with high content of synthetics. The composition of fibers is usually specified on the label. From synthetic materials in this case polypropylene as it doesn't absorb moisture at all is more preferable, that is your linen will remain dry throughout all alpine skiing week-end. Polyester absorbs moisture, but dries very quickly. Synthetic linen has still the essential advantage – it easier. It is especially important to the one who already rather surely costs on skis and wants to show good speed.
That there was no smell
As a rule, the person leaves on ski resort for several days. And not all have the opportunity to buy several sets of the good layered clothing, at the same time conditions for washing are not on all alpine skiing bases. Therefore it is important to choose linen with special antiseptic impregnation. It is specified on the label too. It must be kept in mindIt must be kept in mind that this impregnation is short-lived and will hardly sustain more than five washings. But in sports shops it is possible to buy impregnation now or even to make it. Besides, there is rather new technology when silver thread is added to fibers. This linen costs quite much, but it is more durable. So the optimal variant for the mountain skier – the synthetic layered clothing with silver thread.