Mountain Equipment
Mountain Equipment hiking trousers and shorts are engineered for durability and comfort, featuring quick-drying fabrics and reinforced stress points. These garments move with you, whether you're scrambling up rocky paths or crossing streams. For variable weather conditions, Mountain Equipment fleece layers provide crucial warmth without bulk. They're designed to work seamlessly with our other garments, optimising your layering system.
When the skies open up, Mountain Equipment waterproof jackets keep you dry and comfortable. Using advanced membrane technology, these jackets offer superior breathability while maintaining a robust water barrier. Mountain Equipment gear is tested in real-world conditions to ensure performance and reliability. Their products balance functionality with weight savings, allowing you to move efficiently on the trails.
From base layers to outer shells, our Mountain Equipment collection is designed to work as a system, enhancing your outdoor capabilities. Choose Mountain Equipment for gear that stands up to the demands of your adventures, allowing you to focus on the journey ahead.
Mountain Equipment is an excellent choice for runners who venture into technical and unpredictable terrain. Their gear is designed with a "fast and light" philosophy, using highly breathable, quick-drying, and durable materials perfect for mountain running. The brand's focus on functional, no-fuss design means you get reliable performance without unnecessary weight.
The Tupilak Vest Pack is a technical running vest designed for everything from fast mountain runs to big climbing days. Developed with elite mountain runners, it offers an exceptionally stable, bounce-free carry load. It is built using rugged yet lightweight PACT™ fabrics, making it more durable than many other running packs while remaining light and functional.
Yes, Mountain Equipment offers a range of technical fleeces perfect for running in cooler conditions. Look for their mid-layers with moisture-wicking grid patterns, which are specifically engineered for high-output performance. These fleeces provide essential insulation while being highly breathable, allowing you to stay warm without overheating as you run.
Mountain Equipment uses a variety of advanced fabrics tailored for the demands of running:
- EXOLITE: A family of durable, stretchy, and weather-resistant softshell fabrics used in shorts and lightweight jackets. EXOLITE is highly breathable and allows for complete freedom of movement.
- Drilite®: The brand's own range of waterproof fabrics, which are lightweight, packable, and highly breathable, making them perfect for mountain running shells.
- PACT™: A durable, lightweight, and water-resistant fabric used in their Tupilak packs, offering a balance of ruggedness and low weight.
- GORE-TEX: Used in their more protective shells, including GORE-TEX Active, which is optimised for high-aerobic pursuits like running where moisture management is critical.
Mountain Equipment designs its running and active gear with an Active Fit. This is a trimmer, more athletic cut that is shaped to reduce flapping fabric and allow for unrestricted movement. This streamlined fit also ensures that moisture-wicking fabrics stay close to the skin, helping them to work more effectively.
The Nava series is a line of light and fast-drying layers designed for year-round mountain running and hiking. These base layers are highly wicking, making them ideal for long summer days. They are also treated with HeiQ Fresh technology, which resists odour, allowing you to wear them more and wash them less on multi-day trips
POLARLOFT® is Mountain Equipment's exclusive synthetic insulation, designed to be durable, warm, and reliable in wet conditions. For runners, a jacket or vest using POLARLOFT® Active is ideal. This active insulation is highly breathable and manages moisture effectively, making it perfect for cold-weather running where you need warmth during recovery stops but breathability while on the move. It retains warmth even when damp from sweat or drizzle, a key advantage over down for high-intensity use.
