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What To Buy

Tips

  • Layering is super important!
    The amount of layers needed depend on the temperature, the material of your layers and how good your jacket is. For example, on windy days of -5C, I wear a beanie, a Uniqlo heat-tech + another long sleeve + a windbreaker down jacket for my top, and a heat-tech legging + thick jeans for my bottom, and wool socks + winter boots. I walk to campus and back, so I’d say this is good for ~30mins - 1 hour of walking outside at a time. I try not to over-layer because all indoor spaces in Ithaca are heated, so you also don’t want to sweat indoors
  • Wool/Heat-tech is a good material for layering, gloves, and socks, as long as they don’t get wet
  • Check the temperature ranges before buying a jacket
    Bear in mind, Ithaca can reach -20C on our coldest days! So, definitely prioritize function over fashion. Most outdoor jacket brands have a temperature range that it can keep you warm for. Get one that goes down to at least -10C
  • Down jackets are good
  • Ideally get jackets or coats that are also windbreakers. Ithaca gets super windy and it’ll feel colder than there actual temperature. Windbreakers will save your life
  • Parkas (long coats that cover til your knees or lower) are nice but not necessary as long as you layer your pants to keep warm
  • Get winter boots for warmth and to prevent slipping on icy paths. Luckily doesn’t happen very often since Cornell maintains them pretty well
  • For skiing: bare minimum are waterproof pants, gloves, and jacket. So if you fall on snow you won’t get wet and cold
  • Heat packs / “hot hands” are sand packs that warm up when you shake them. Nice to have inside pockets to keep your hands warm. Can get from pharmacy 
  • I don’t wear gloves or scarfs daily so maybe someone else can add in

Good Quality Jacket Brands:

  • Patagonia - thin but super warm. Expensive but they have official secondhand ones at Worn Wear online. Patagonia has an ironclad guarantee where you can send the products back for repair/replacement
  • Uniqlo down jackets, relatively affordable
  • Columbia
  • The North Face
  • Canada Goose, but quite overpriced

Good Quality Boots Brands:

  • All of the above
  • Timberland
  • Dr. Martens

Winter gears are expensive, and Cornell may help pay:

taken from NGSO '23


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