People may not pay attention to the existence of gloves in outdoor sports.

However, it doesn’t mean that the gloves are not important especially in outdoor sports.Owning a pair of suitable gloves plays a crucially important role in the field of outdoor activities, such as outdoor cross-country, climbing, skiing, cycling.

Today, Mr. Mountain takes you into the wonderful world of the outdoor gloves.

What are the functions of gloves in outdoor sports?

Empower our hands

In outdoor sports activities, such as jungle trekking, field climbing, and skiing, require our hands to hold alpenstocks. As to those difficult activities, such as rock climbing and skiing, also rely on a pair of technical gloves to control our body or grasp something. This will help strengthen our muscles of hands and successfully finish sports.

Required in the professional fields

It’s necessary to have a pair of technical gloves to participate in outdoor sports, such as climbing, skiing, outdoor cross-country, cycling. The functions of technically outdoor gloves are much more professional than those common gloves in protection, keeping warmth, abrasion resistant. Participation in outdoor sports without any protection is definitely inadvisable.

Safety factors

There must be some dangerous factors that influence on outdoor activities.Human body has 2/3 parts of the sweat glands distributed in the palm. Especially during strenuous exercise, the sweat produced by the hand will become slippery. This causes a decrease in power of grasp, which affects the safety of outdoor activities.

At this time, a pair of gloves with waterproof and warmth keeping functions will directly influence on our safety of hands and human body.

How to choose a pair of outdoor gloves?

First, all cotton material is not the first option.

People may think that cotton gloves are comfortable to wear, however, the drying ratio of cotton fiber is extremely low, and the functions of waterproof, warmth keeping, abrasion resistance,are not the best choice.

Second, every part is important

The part of palm: It should be filled in non-slip and wear-resistant non-slip rubber or leather material to increase friction and adhesion.

The part of fingers: The ergonomically curved design of the fingers is required, which can enhance the flexibility of the fingers.

 Entire glove: It should be flexible and covered whole hand to use fingers easily.

Different requirements with each sports

·Cycling

For cycling, holding the handlebars for a long time may harm to the skin of palms, meanwhile the continuous impact from the road surface can damage the wrists. The palm of the glove needs to be equipped with a cushion pad, which can absorb the vibration from the bike. In addition, the part of the hand between the thumb and the index finger should be equipped with a small towel in order to wipe sweat, that’s super safe and convenient.

·Mountaineering

Climbers definitely want to have a pair of flexible and warm gloves, but flexibility and warmth are contradictory. Gloves with good performance of warmth keeping are bulky and thick, while flexible gloves are commonly thin.
Similar to mountaineering equipment, the choice of gloves should to be determined according to the climbing environment.In the conditions like high altitudes or low temperature, make sure to get a pair of suitable and professional gloves.

·Skiing

Since skiing relies on poles , the requirements for gloves are extremely high. Not only to keep warm and cold, but also to be soft, wear-resistant, and cut-resistant. You should also choose impermeable fabrics. During the skiing process, the ski equipment must be adjusted continually, so the ski gloves should be wide, and the five-finger separation type is more suitable. If the gloves are sealed with an elastic band, they can effectively prevent hands away from snow and keep warm all the time.

·Outdoor across-country

Our hands may injury easily in outdoor across-country activity.At this time, a good pair technical gloves can solve these problems. It not only needs to be non-slip, wear-resistant, and breathable, but also it looks cool.

·Running

For runners, although it doesn’t require complicated or special functions, but it must to be able to breathe without sweat.

Different seasons with different options

Different seasons need to choose gloves with different functions. In winter, the temperature of hands directly determines the comfort of human body. In winter, people who insist on outdoor sports especially need a pair of gloves that are waterproof and breathable with palm grip, flexible fingers,warmth keeping functions. In summer, people can choose gloves that are both wear-resistant, breathable without sweat.

Fasteners and lanyards are essential

To adapt to outdoor activities, outdoor gloves should be designed with fasteners and lanyards on the wrist in order to facilitate the removal of gloves and reduce the probability of gloves being lost.

In addition, the glove fabric should have a heat resistance function to prevent the gloves from being scorched when cooking in the wild.