Hiking in a kilt?

[Iain Robb]

I was caught out in a thunderstorm the last two times I went backpacking -- and over the last four years I have worn pants while backpacking only once. Kilts the rest of the time.

The trip before last, I was wearing a PV Sportkilt that was particularly miserable in the rain and took forever to dry. At the time I had a raincoat that went just a bit past my waist.

Last trip I had an Elkommando kilt, which is fast-drying nylon, and a poncho that came two or three inches shy of my knees. I was quite comfortable.

I highly recommend a long poncho for hiking in a kilt when you expect rain.

[Woodsman]

I was caught out in a thunderstorm the last two times I went backpacking -- and over the last four years I have worn pants while backpacking only once. Kilts the rest of the time.

The trip before last, I was wearing a PV Sportkilt that was particularly miserable in the rain and took forever to dry. At the time I had a raincoat that went just a bit past my waist.

Last trip I had an Elkommando kilt, which is fast-drying nylon, and a poncho that came two or three inches shy of my knees. I was quite comfortable.

I highly recommend a long poncho for hiking in a kilt when you expect rain.

I second the use of the Elkommando kilt for adverse weather. It sheds off light rain quite well and when it does get soaked, it drys quickly. In cooler weather you're fine as long as you keep moving.

[caig]

I very often go hiking in a kilt both in Scotland and England.

I climb Lochnagar in August in a kilt every year during my clan gathering, have climbed Criffel near Dumfries in a kilt in snow, and regularly walk the North Yorkshire Moors in a kilt, summer and winter.

I now use a waterproof jacket which is slightly longer, made by Berghaus, which is just right. A wool kilt will dry itself as you walk.

Good luck.