Hestra Fall Line

The Hestra Fall Line 5-finger is a short-cuff leather ski glove built for feel, not for sealing weather out: Hestra rates it 6/8 Agile, and the same official Performance spec reads "Waterproof: No." A dexterous glove for cold, dry snow, not a wet-weather glove.

Impregnated cowhide, outseams, short cuff

The shell is impregnated cowhide, which Hestra's Material spec calls "durable and proofed cowhide." The palm uses outseams, so the seam allowance sits outside and nothing rides between hand and pole grip; Hestra credits that with "comfort and a tighter pole grip," and it is where the 6/8 Agile rating comes from. Insulation is foam in the shell plus a removable G-Loft liner. The cuff is short neoprene with a Velcro closure, cut to tuck under a jacket sleeve, not over it. Durability is rated 6/8 Rugged.

Warmth 5/8, and no waterproof membrane

Warmth is 5/8 Toasty on Hestra's eight-step scale (Light / Moderate / Warm / Very warm / Toasty / Insulated / Extreme / Expedition), defined as "noticeably warm — built for sustained exposure to cold." That is a relative index, not a temperature rating. On water, Hestra is explicit: "The glove does not include a waterproof membrane. It may offer water resistance from its outer material but is not designed to keep hands dry in sustained wet conditions." So: water-resistant. The resistance is a treatment on the hide, not a laminate, and a treatment depletes with use where a membrane does not.

Sizing: hand circumference, not S/M/L

Hestra sizes gloves numerically by hand circumference, not S/M/L — measure your hand and use Hestra's size guide. The official run is 6 to 12; PTO stocks 8, 9 and 10. Both stocked colourways — Navy/Brown and Cork & Cork — carry the same three sizes, so colour does not change what fits.

Who it is for, and who should look elsewhere

It suits cold, dry snow and hands that want to work a buckle, a zipper or a pole through the glove — Hestra's Alpine Pro collection, tagged for Skiing, Backcountry and Snowboarding. It is the wrong glove for spring slush, maritime storms and rain-on-snow — Hestra's own spec says so — and wrong for an owner who will not re-treat leather. If staying dry is the priority, Hestra's CZone Mountain 5-finger has a membrane and its Performance spec reads Waterproof: Yes. If heat matters more than fingers, the Fall Line mitt is two steps warmer (7/8 Extreme) with mobility down to 3/8. There is no gauntlet, so a jacket cuff that closes matters.