When planning your base layer for those extremely cold days of stand hunting, or flat on your back in a ground blind, grab the newly redesigned 2019 Sitka Gear Heavyweight Zip-T. Stay comfortable in the cold with Sitka's lofted comfort stretfleece, and fine-tune your micro-climate with a half-length, center front Gore Optifade Concealment YKK zipper. Permanent Polygiene Odor Control Technology keeps odor-causing bacteria and fungi from growing during those long extended stays in the backcountry. Use the stretch thumb loops to keep your wrists warm while glassing, and the drop-tail design to keep your backside covered from those cold drafts while sitting still.
Build your 2019 Sitka Gear Heavyweight Series for those times of intermittent activity in late season hunts by picking up the 2019 Sitka Gear Core Heavyweight Hoody, and the 2019 Sitka Gear Core Heavyweight Bottom.
FEATURES
- Heavyweight comfort stretfleece
- Chest pocket with Gore Optifade Concealment YKK zipper
- Half-length, center front Gore Optifade Concealment YKK zipper
- Low-Profile Flatlock seam construction
- Drop-tail design
- Stretch thumb loops
- Offset seams on shoulders
- Permanent Polygiene Odor Control Technology
SPECIFICATIONS
Fabric Details: Heavyweight Comfort Stretfleece (93% Polyester/7% Elastane)
Weight: 12.8 oz
MPN: 70017
Size Chart: Click Here
Standard Fit, designed to accommodate layering for more versatility from early to late season climates.
OPTIFADE SUBALPINE
Designed for stalking and ambushing ungulates from ground level in tree-covered and vegetated terrain. Subalpine is optimized for engagement ranges of 50 yards and less.
Environment: Vegetated Terrain
Scenario: Ground Ambush, Spot & Stalk
Climate: Cool, Cold, Extreme Cold
OPTIFADE OPEN COUNTRY
Scientifically optimized for engagement ranges of 40 yards and beyond at ground level in rocky terrain above the timberline. The Open Country pattern uses the larger neutral areas of the pattern (macro pattern) that are more critical to concealment at greater engagement ranges.
Environment: Open Terrain
Scenario: Spot & Stalk
Climate: Cool, Cold, Extreme Cold
OPTIFADE ELEVATED II
Specialized systems optimized for the pursuit of whitetail in forested environments with stealth, comfort and weather protection.
Environment: Vegetated Terrain
Scenario: Elevated, Blind
Climate: Cool, Cold, Extreme Cold
TECHNOLOGY
POLYGIENE
Polygiene Odor Control Technology is a natural fit for hunting. By permanently treating fabrics with low concentrations of silver salt, which has inherent antimicrobial properties and is naturally present in water, Polygiene safely eliminates the ability for bacteria to grow and effectively neutralizes odor.
YKK ZIPPERS
Sitka Gear uses premium YKK Zippers across their product line for their reliability, durability, weather resistance, and quiet operation. They also print many of their zippers with GORE OPTIFADE Concealment for added stealth.
GORE OPTIFADE CONCEALMENT
Traditional mimicry patterns based on human vision are designed to look like a specific type of vegetation or terrain. GORE OPTIFADE Concealment is the only scientifically proven concealment pattern based on animal vision to optically fade a hunter into their surroundings. By using advanced blends of micro and macro patterns to fool animal vision rather than mimic a particular shape, GORE OPTIFADE Concealment is more versatile and more effective at getting hunters close to game.
