“Great Jacket!”

“I'm on my second Cirque jacket, having purchased the first one in 1999. It's a perfect jacket for backpacking, cross-country skiing, and with a base layer and sweater underneath, a great backcountry and in-bounds ski jacket. It is not a rain jacket, but will shed light amounts of moisture. The only time I wear a shell over it is during wet snow storms or in rainy weather. It breathes very well, and as a result is not completely wind-proof. It doesn't stink even after a week of use backpacking. My only complaint is this jacket seems to run small in the hips. I am 5'4" and a fit and muscular 140 pounds. I had to buy the large because the medium won't stay put over my hips. It rides up to my narrow waist and stays there. Having to wear a large makes the sleeves a touch long for me, but with the elastic at the wrist, the sleeves don't fall over my hands. Just a little more room--an inch or so--in the hip area would have made it possible to purchase the medium.”