{"id":2453053,"date":"2020-01-09T09:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=318842"},"modified":"2020-01-09T09:01:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:01:00","slug":"gear-review-new-gore-tex-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/gear-review-new-gore-tex-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear Review: New GORE-TEX for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/gear-atw-010920-1-1024x642.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">It\u2019s a cold October day in Banff, and I\u2019m 200 feet above a scree field on the side of a cliff. Today, I\u2019m rock climbing to test a prototype jacket made with a soon-to-launch fabric from W.L. Gore &amp; Associates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">The jacket looks like any performance hardshell in my closet. But its fabric is a new iteration from the brand that decades ago launched a waterproof-breathable revolution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">A compound called polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) is the core material in Gore waterproof-breathable membranes. Microscopic holes let water vapor escape, but precipitation can\u2019t penetrate from the outside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">It\u2019s been seven years since the company released a major upgrade to its PRO fabric technology. By mid-2020, brands including Arc\u2019teryx, Mountain Hardwear, Patagonia, Mammut, and more will make available performance jackets with fabrics built to function better in the outdoors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\">Perhaps surprisingly, the ePTFE guts of GORE-TEX PRO see no dramatic change for next year. Neither does the durable water-repellent (DWR) finish that makes water bead. Instead, the 2020 release focuses on fabric stretch and ruggedness. The brand will also unleash more freedom for designers to create jackets and pants in GORE-TEX configurations not offered before.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full review at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/gore-tex-pro-2020-stretch\" target=\"_blank\">gearjunkie.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Special Sections-ATW-ATW_Body_Serif\"><span><em>Stephen Regenold writes about outdoors gear at <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"www.gearjunkie.com (opens in a new tab)\">http:\/\/www.gearjunkie.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/aspen-times-weekly\/new-gore-tex-for-2020-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a cold October day in Banff, and I\u2019m 200 feet above a scree field on the side of a cliff. Today, I\u2019m rock climbing to test a prototype jacket made with a soon-to-launch fabric from W.L. Gore &amp; Associates. The jacket looks like any performance hardshell in my closet. But its fabric is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2453053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 21:42:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453053\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2453053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2453053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}