Hestra Army Leather Wool Terry

The Hestra Army Leather Wool Terry is a short five-finger leather ski glove built around a removable wool liner instead of a waterproof membrane. Hestra's own Performance spec says so plainly — Waterproof: No, "the glove does not include a waterproof membrane." Leaving the membrane out is part of why it scores 6/8 Agile for mobility, and why Hestra says it is "not designed to keep hands dry in sustained wet conditions." Cold, dry snow: a workhorse. Wet snow: the wrong glove.

Impregnated cowhide, Army goat leather palm

The backhand is impregnated cowhide, the palm Army goat leather — Hestra calls both "durable and proofed." Proofed, not waterproof. The leather is where the 7/8 Heavy duty rating comes from. The outward-facing palm seams ("Outseams in palm") put nothing between your hand and the pole grip, which is the source of the 6/8 Agile score. The short neoprene cuff makes this an under-cuff glove, not a gauntlet.

Warmth and weather: no membrane, by design

Hestra rates it 5/8 Toasty — "noticeably warm, built for sustained exposure to cold." That is Hestra's own relative eight-point index, not a temperature rating. There is no membrane and no separate insulation fill: the warmth is the wool liner itself — wool terry at the palm, wool pile over the back of the hand, materials Hestra describes as "mostly wool with a high insulating ability, also when damp." So the ceiling wording is water-resistant, never waterproof. That resistance is an impregnation in the leather, and an impregnation depletes with use: plan on re-treating it. Hestra publishes no windproof rating for this style, so we do not print one.

Fit and sizing

Hestra sizes gloves numerically by hand circumference, not S/M/L — measure your hand against Hestra's own size guide. Hestra's catalogue for this style in Grey (Art no 3001620-350) runs sizes 6 to 11. PTO stocks three of them: 8, 9 and 10, in Grey only.

Who it is for, and who should buy something else

It suits cold, dry, inland snow, and skiers who want to feel the pole and the buckle without giving up a leather glove's lifespan. For wet coastal snow or spring slush, Hestra sells a better answer for less: the CZone Mountain 5-finger (3002760) has a real waterproof membrane at $125 against this glove's $180, and trades away leather durability (5/8 against 7/8) to get it. If your hands run cold, the same glove exists as a mitt (3001621) at the same $180: 7/8 Extreme for warmth against this glove's 5/8, paid for in dexterity (3/8 against 6/8). None is better in the abstract; they answer different problems.