An elk hunter glassing at dawn

Cold at first light. Sweating by nine.

Four layers that go on in the dark and come off one at a time. The whole system weighs less than your rifle.

Eight pieces. Every weight in ounces.

Quiet at full draw. Warm sitting still.

No nylon face fabric on any piece. Insulation that works when you stop moving.

Be there when he steps out.

Eight pieces. Every weight in ounces.

The hour that decides the hunt.

Most of a September day is climbing in the dark, then sitting on a ridge behind glass. Your layers have to do both without a change of clothes.

See prices and weightsEvery weight in ounces, before you buy.
A hunter seated on a granite slab at dawn, glassing down a long valley
6:12 am, the north basin. September 2025. Live from the film.
4 lb 9 ozThe whole systemAll eight pieces, weighed on the bench.
2 unitsTested on public landColorado, September 2025.
0 nylonOn any face fabricNothing that crackles at full draw.
For lifeRepaired freeA seam fails in the field, you send it back.

Eight pieces, every weight listed.

Priced piece by piece. Buy the two you need now and add the rest before season.

Overlook Shell Jacket, hooded rain shell, laid flat

Overlook Shell Jacket

Quiet-face rain shell for wet timber.
11.2 oz$389
Overlook Pant, stretch mountain pant, laid flat

Overlook Pant

Stretch mountain pant, articulated knee.
13.6 oz$249
Glassing Puffy, hooded insulated jacket, laid flat

Glassing Puffy

Synthetic insulation for the long sit.
14.1 oz$329
Merino Base Crew in charcoal, laid flat

Merino Base Crew

Next to skin, no stink by day four.
6.4 oz$119
Ridge Vest, insulated vest, laid flat

Ridge Vest

Core warmth without the sleeves.
7.9 oz$189
Timber Hoody, grid fleece midlayer, laid flat

Timber Hoody

Grid fleece, hood fits under a hat.
9.8 oz$169
Basin Rain Pant with full side zips, laid flat

Basin Rain Pant

Full side zips, goes on over boots.
8.7 oz$229
Glassing Beanie in sage merino

Glassing Beanie

Merino, stays put in wind.
1.6 oz$39
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Four layers for one long day.

Merino Base CrewOverlook Pant
4:00 am, the climb
Base crew and pant. Everything else rides in your pack.
Timber HoodyGlassing Puffy
6:30 am, the glass
Hoody on, puffy on, sit down. Stay until you find him.
Merino Base CrewRidge Vest
Noon, the stalk
Back to base and vest. Quiet face fabric through the timber.
Overlook Shell JacketBasin Rain Pant
Last light, the sit
Shell over everything as the temperature drops.

Each layer was cut over the one under it, so nothing bunches at your shoulder or your knee.

Build my systemPick your layers, see the total weight.
The valley floor at dawn: gray scree, sage, dark timber and fog
The basin the pattern is drawn from. September 2025.

A pattern drawn from the basin.

Open-country grays and sage with dark timber breaks, so you disappear against scree and shadow when you sit.

  • Soft-face polyester on every piece. No crackle at full draw.
  • DWR rated to 20 washes.
  • Four-way stretch at the knee, none at the shoulder.
  • A seam fails in the field? Send it back and it is repaired free, for life.
Weights, ratings and care on one page. The list gets it first.

Better gear for the best hour.

I'm Sean Bradley. I hunt public land in Colorado every September, and for ten years I carried four brands' worth of layers that never fit over each other. So I had a set cut that does.

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Sean Bradley glassing a valley at dawn, pack at his side
Sean, glassing the north basin. September 2025.

Notes from this September.

A long valley with fog in the bottom and gold aspens

Scouting the north basins before the rut

Where the bulls bed when the aspens turn, and why you glass from below the ridge instead of on it.

Close-up of binoculars at the hunter's eyes

Why the zipper garage had to go

One small thing that made noise at full draw, and what replaced it.

A bull elk, close, behind a lone spruce

Season dates and the wait

How to plan a September around one draw, and what to pack when your tag finally comes.

A hunter from behind with a green pack, mountains beyond

Ten days on one pack

Everything that goes in for a ten-day September, weighed, and what stayed home this year.

Four notes so far. A new one each week in season.

Hear about the drop first.

One email when a piece releases, one before season. Nothing else, and you can leave any time.