Norrona Femund Flex1 Lightweight Pants Women's 25/26 Indigo Night L

The Norrøna Femund flex1 Lightweight Pants are a women's hiking and outdoor pant made from Norrøna's flex1 softshell, a double-woven 125 g/m2 fabric of 86% recycled nylon and 14% elastane with a PFC-free DWR treatment. Norrøna describes the fabric as windproof, highly breathable and good at moving moisture.

The trade-off with a light softshell is weather protection. It shrugs off wind and light moisture, but in sustained rain you will want a shell over it. In exchange it moves and breathes far better than a waterproof pant.

It is for hiking, trail days and year-round use, and Norrøna also rates it for dry-weather skiing and mountaineering. Vents run from the hips to the knee, there are two zippered hand pockets and a zippered thigh pocket, and a gaiter hook connects the pants to your shoes.

It has a technical fit with articulated knees for climbing and stepping up, a Custom-Fit waist system and a back hem that tightens around your ankle.

We love the Femund flex1 for long summer days on Mount Mansfield and fall hikes in the Green Mountains.