Peak Performance Vislight Gore-Tex C-Knit™ 3L Shell Jacket Men
G80488
- Sku
- G80488$
- Gender
- Men
| CM | Chest | Waist | Hip | Arm |
| S | 94 | 81 | 95 | 63 |
| M | 100 | 87 | 101 | 64.5 |
| L | 106 | 93 | 107 | 66 |
| XL | 112 | 99 | 113 | 67.5 |
| XXL | 118 | 105 | 120 | 69 |
- A | Chest: Using a tape measure, measure your chest at the point where it is widest.
- B | Waist: Using a tape measure, measure your waistline at the point where it is the least wide.
- C | Hip: Using a tape measure, measure your hip circumference at the point where it is widest.
- D | Arm: Using a tape measure, measure your relaxed arm from your shoulder to your wrist.
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Een gevoerde jas bevat een vulling van dons, wol of synthetisch materiaal.
What Is an Insulated Ski Jacket and What Are the Options?
An insulated ski jacket is essential for anyone seeking warmth and comfort while skiing or snowboarding. The insulation helps maintain your body temperature, even in the harshest conditions. There are different types of insulation, each with its own advantages. In this guide, we explain the differences so you can make the perfect choice.
Down Insulation: Lightweight and Extremely Warm
A jacket insulated with down is the ideal choice for those looking for maximum warmth without sacrificing comfort. Down provides excellent insulation and is very lightweight, making it perfect for cold, dry conditions. However, keep in mind that down performs less well in wet conditions unless the jacket has been specially treated to resist moisture.
Wool Insulation: Natural and Breathable
Jackets with wool insulation offer a natural alternative. Wool is not only warm but also breathable and retains heat even when damp. This option is ideal for those who prefer natural materials and comfort in varying weather conditions.
Synthetic Insulation: Versatile and Low-Maintenance
Synthetic insulation, such as PrimaLoft or Thinsulate, offers excellent warmth and performs well in wet conditions. This option is often slightly heavier than down but dries quickly and is easier to care for. It’s ideal for active winter sports enthusiasts who value versatility and affordability.
Why Choose an Insulated Ski Jacket?
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Optimal Warmth: Protect yourself against extreme cold.
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Comfort During Activity: Maintain your freedom of movement without sacrificing insulation.
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Suitable for Various Weather Conditions: Whether you're skiing in powder snow or braving a cold wind, an insulated jacket adapts to your needs.
Which Insulation Suits You Best?
The right insulation depends on your personal preferences and the conditions in which you’ll wear the jacket. Looking for ultimate warmth and comfort? Go for down. Need a versatile, low-maintenance option? Consider synthetic materials. Or choose wool for a natural feel.
Our premium ski jackets combine functionality, style, and top quality, so you can fully enjoy your winter sports adventure. Explore our collection and find your perfect insulated ski jacket!
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Is your purchase not quite what you expected or is the size incorrect? No problem, you can easily return your order to us. You may try on and view an item as you would in a shop, but there are some rules.
GOOD TO KNOW
- You have 14 days from receipt of your order to register your return.
- Are you too late? Then your order will no longer be found in the portal. In that case, always contact us first so we can see what possibilities there are.
- After registering online, you then have 14 days to hand in your return at the post office. If you hand in the parcel after the 14 days, we will unfortunately no longer be able to process your return. The sooner you register and send in your return, the sooner it will be processed and you will receive your money back.
- Almost all outerwear and trousers are delivered with a large yellow return label. Do not remove this until you decide to keep the item! Once this vignette has been removed, there is no way we can return the item.
- Returns are at your own risk and expense.
- If you return part of your order, we will only refund the amount of the returned items and not other costs such as shipping costs.
- If you have received an incorrect or damaged item, please always contact us a.s.a.p. and include photos of the product and the labels so we can see which item/defect is concerned.
STEP BY STEP GUIDE:
1. Check your items
√ Has the return period of 14 days after receipt not expired
√ Is the yellow return label (in the case of outerwear and trousers) and all price tags still attached?
√ Is the article unworn and therefore not dirty, damaged or creased?
2. Submit your return online
Enter your own postcode and the full order number (including letters) in the portal to which you can start the return. You can choose to purchase a DPD shipping label via the portal. If you choose this option, print the shipping label. You can download this immediately and it will also be sent to you by e-mail (please check your e-mail address and any spam mail).
You can also choose another carrier outside the portal. We always advise you to send the parcel insured. The DPD label via the portal insures your parcel up to €500.
3. Pack your return
√ Fold the items neatly and close all zips and buttons. Because of the technical materials it is important not to cause serious creases and wrinkles, as these can damage the product.
Then pack the items back in their original packaging and put them in the shipping bag or box. Another bag or box is also fine, as long as it is sturdy so that it arrives undamaged
√ If you have items from several orders that you wish to return, you may simply return them in 1 parcel
√ Put the enclosed packing slip/order confirmation (or a copy) in the parcel
√ Stick the DPD shipping label on the parcel.
If you have chosen to send via another carrier, please write the return address on the parcel:
Skistore Swing
De Opslach 3
8448 GV Heerenveen
The Netherlands
4. Shipping
Hand over your return at a DPD parcel point or a carrier of your choice.
Returning (part of) your order is at your own risk. Keep the proof of delivery until we have received and processed your package.
Please note! After registering your return online, you have 14 days to return your parcel to the postal service. If you return the parcel after these 14 days, we will unfortunately no longer be able to process your return.
5. Refund
You will receive confirmation by e-mail when your return has been received and processed.
This is usually within a few days after your order has been delivered to us. The money will then be refunded to the account you paid with within a week after confirmation (usually longer for credit card payments). If you have chosen to pay afterwards, this will be adjusted on your Klarna invoice.
Please note! If you return part of your order, we will only refund the amount of the returned items and not other costs such as shipping costs.
Is your purchase not quite what you expected or is the size incorrect? No problem, you can easily return your order to us. You may try on and view an item as you would in a shop, but there are some rules.
GOOD TO KNOW
- You have 14 days from receipt of your order to register your return.
- Are you too late? Then your order will no longer be found in the portal. In that case, always contact us first so we can see what possibilities there are.
- After registering online, you then have 14 days to hand in your return at the post office. If you hand in the parcel after the 14 days, we will unfortunately no longer be able to process your return. The sooner you register and send in your return, the sooner it will be processed and you will receive your money back.
- Almost all outerwear and trousers are delivered with a large yellow return label. Do not remove this until you decide to keep the item! Once this vignette has been removed, there is no way we can return the item.
- Returns are at your own risk and expense.
- If you return part of your order, we will only refund the amount of the returned items and not other costs such as shipping costs.
- If you have received an incorrect or damaged item, please always contact us a.s.a.p. and include photos of the product and the labels so we can see which item/defect is concerned.
STEP BY STEP GUIDE:
1. Check your items
√ Has the return period of 14 days after receipt not expired
√ Is the yellow return label (in the case of outerwear and trousers) and all price tags still attached?
√ Is the article unworn and therefore not dirty, damaged or creased?
2. Submit your return online
Enter your own postcode and the full order number (including letters) in the portal to which you can start the return. You can choose to purchase a DPD shipping label via the portal. If you choose this option, print the shipping label. You can download this immediately and it will also be sent to you by e-mail (please check your e-mail address and any spam mail).
You can also choose another carrier outside the portal. We always advise you to send the parcel insured. The DPD label via the portal insures your parcel up to €500.
3. Pack your return
√ Fold the items neatly and close all zips and buttons. Because of the technical materials it is important not to cause serious creases and wrinkles, as these can damage the product.
Then pack the items back in their original packaging and put them in the shipping bag or box. Another bag or box is also fine, as long as it is sturdy so that it arrives undamaged
√ If you have items from several orders that you wish to return, you may simply return them in 1 parcel
√ Put the enclosed packing slip/order confirmation (or a copy) in the parcel
√ Stick the DPD shipping label on the parcel.
If you have chosen to send via another carrier, please write the return address on the parcel:
Skistore Swing
De Opslach 3
8448 GV Heerenveen
The Netherlands
4. Shipping
Hand over your return at a DPD parcel point or a carrier of your choice.
Returning (part of) your order is at your own risk. Keep the proof of delivery until we have received and processed your package.
Please note! After registering your return online, you have 14 days to return your parcel to the postal service. If you return the parcel after these 14 days, we will unfortunately no longer be able to process your return.
5. Refund
You will receive confirmation by e-mail when your return has been received and processed.
This is usually within a few days after your order has been delivered to us. The money will then be refunded to the account you paid with within a week after confirmation (usually longer for credit card payments). If you have chosen to pay afterwards, this will be adjusted on your Klarna invoice.
Please note! If you return part of your order, we will only refund the amount of the returned items and not other costs such as shipping costs.
- 28,000 mm water column, fully seam sealed
- Packs into its own hood for touring days
- Helmet-compatible hood, adjusts two ways
- No insulation: warmth comes from your layers
- No powder skirt for deep-snow resort days
- Front vents instead of pit zips under a belt
The Peak Performance Vislight Gore-Tex C-Knit™ 3L Shell Jacket Men is an uninsulated three-layer hardshell with a 28,000 mm water column and fully seam sealed construction, built for skiing and mountain use in rain, wind and wet snow. The GORE-TEX ePE membrane sits behind a 70D recycled ripstop face fabric and a C-KNIT™ jersey backer, and the whole jacket packs into its own hood. It is the one shell for resort days, uphill days and summer mountain weather, with warmth left to the layers underneath.
Who is this jacket for?
This Peak Performance shell jacket suits a skier who builds warmth with a base layer and a midlayer and wants a single waterproof outer layer for the piste, above the tree line, on tour and on alpine hikes. It is not a warm jacket on its own: there is no insulation, so standing still in deep cold is not its job. It also has no powder skirt, wrist gaiters or inner leg loops, which makes a dedicated freeride shell the better choice for deep-snow resort days.
How waterproof and breathable is it?
The Vislight jacket is rated at a 28,000 mm water column with fully taped seams, and all exposed zippers are YKK AquaGuard®, including the full-length 2-way front zipper. Breathability is stated as RET below 13, which places it in the mid range for a hardshell rather than at the very top. Zippered front-facing ventilation openings let you dump heat on the climb.
Which size should you choose?
The Vislight Gore-Tex C-Knit™ 3L Shell Jacket Men has a regular cut, sized to take a midlayer underneath without changing size. It runs from S to 2XL. Check the size chart on this page against a jacket you already wear over a midlayer before you order.
Construction, use and care
How is the Peak Performance Vislight shell jacket built?
Three layers, bonded into one laminate: a 70D lightweight ripstop face in 100% recycled polyamide 6, a GORE-TEX ePE membrane, and a C-KNIT™ jersey backer that replaces a separate lining and sits softly against a midlayer. Every seam is sealed, so the 28,000 mm water column holds at the stitching as well as across the fabric. A water-repellent finish made without intentionally added PFAS keeps the face fabric from wetting out. The fixed hood is ski-helmet compatible, adjusts in two directions and has a laminated brim with a plastic wire so you can shape it against driving snow. A RECCO® Rescue System reflector is built in.
Is the Vislight suitable for ski touring?
Yes, and that is where the design shows. The Peak Performance Vislight Gore-Tex C-Knit™ 3L Shell Jacket Men packs into its own hood, so it rides in a pack until the weather turns, and articulated sleeves plus hook-and-loop cuff straps keep the arms free when you are poling uphill. Ventilation is handled by zippered front-facing openings rather than pit zips, which means you cannot open it the same way under a pack hip belt. On the piste the two zippered bellows waist pockets, a zippered inner pocket, an inner mesh pocket reached through the vent and a hidden RFID pass pocket cover the essentials; there is no chest pocket. For long days scraping against rock and ice, a heavier shell fabric than this 70D ripstop is the more durable answer.
What is it made of and how do you wash it?
The face fabric and the backer are both 100% recycled polyamide 6, and the membrane is 100% expanded polyethylene. Machine wash at 40°C with a liquid detergent, close all zippers first, skip fabric softener and rinse twice. Tumble dry low or iron at medium temperature afterwards, which reactivates the water-repellent treatment and brings back the beading. Do not bleach, do not dry clean, do not professional wet clean, and keep the iron off any prints.
What makes this a more responsible choice?
Two concrete points: the jacket is made without intentionally added PFAS, and both the face fabric and the backer of the laminate are 100% recycled polyamide 6. Because it is a shell rather than an insulated jacket, it also covers more of the year — resort, touring and summer mountain weather — from one garment.
- 3-layer GORE-TEX C-KNIT™ construction with GORE-TEX ePE membrane
- Water column 28,000 mm
- RET below 13
- Fully seam sealed
- Full-length 2-way YKK AquaGuard® front zipper
- Fleece-lined chin guard
- Fixed hood, ski-helmet compatible, adjustable in two directions
- Laminated hood brim with plastic wire
- Zippered front-facing ventilation openings
- Inner mesh pocket accessible through the ventilation opening
- Zippered inner pocket and hidden RFID pass pocket
- Two zippered bellows waist pockets
- Adjustable hem drawcord and hook-and-loop cuff straps
- Packable into its own hood, with RECCO® Rescue System reflector
- Shell membrane: 100% expanded polyethylene (ePE)
- Shell face fabric: 100% recycled polyamide 6, 70D lightweight ripstop
- Shell backer: 100% recycled polyamide 6, C-KNIT™ jersey
