Plus, the wild age of ski bums in Chamonix.
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Your coldest moments come before and after paddling out in winter swell and going hard in the mountains. These jackets—some of our warmest—are what you need pre-warmup and post-cooldown. Made with recycled materials and packed with toasty insulation, they provide instant protection from the elements and make you feel at home, wherever you roam.
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Kids’ Downdrift Parka
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Infant Hi-Loft Down Sweater™ Bunting
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Brodeo Beanie
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Nano Puff™ Mitts
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The Old-Fashioned Way
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Layla Kerley 5 Minute Read
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Gary Bigham moved to France’s Chamonix Valley to ski and photograph the wild antics of 1980’s and ’90s ski culture there; a period sometimes referred to as the “Age of Ski Bums.”
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Photos: (Top) Layla Kerley gets the full monty of foul weather on Valparola Pass in the Dolomites. Italy. LAYLA KERLEY (Bottom) “Look! Somebody threw away a perfectly good baby!” Ever the joker, Gary is fond of telling people that his daughter Guri came from the “free bin” in Telluride, Colorado, and points to this photo as evidence. Three decades after it was first published in the Patagonia Fall 1993 Kids’ Catalog, it’s more iconic than ever. GARY BIGHAM
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