Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
There's a great book on camping that I have that was written by an author that seems to be mostly a very crabby old guy from Minnesota. In it he advises you that jeans are right out...the "trousers of death" if you get them wet...cotton holds the water and hypothermia (and a slow, miserable death out in the outback where your body will be picked at by coyotes and not found for weeks) follows. His advice is to go with wool trousers...Heller Hanson or Helly Hanson or something like that is the specific brand that he recommends.

No jeans, no worries.

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AA
Spot on, jeans are the worst things to wear when hiking in bad weather. I did a seven day hike in jeans in very tough conditions 30 years ago. The problems it gave me in my knees have been with me ever since.

PV kilts are good if it's not cold and the kilt can get some breeze to dry out, otherwise wool is good, with a long goretex jacket. I bought one that is extra long and almost covers the kilt.

I would be unsure about denim and other cotton kilts too for extreme weather conditions.