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The Aspect 32's lightweight and minimalist design is tailor-made for the day-touring backcountry skier who seeks features that add versatility and creative flexibility to their missions.
The close-to-body fit and narrow profile of the Aspect 32 day ski touring pack provide uninhibited movement and all-day comfort. While it's stripped of any unnecessary excess, the remaining features offer plenty of volume and easy access to any gear you'd need in backcountry terrain. It's constructed with Fully Woven Dyneema® for maximum protection against ski edges and years of reliable use. Other features include a zippered front avalanche pocket, with two-way accessibility and internal sleeves for organization, and a side zipper for quick access to your gear inside. Under the lid–which also has an external zippered storage pocket–is a quick-release drawstring opening. Dual outer ice tool attachments accommodate most ice tools and a radio port opening aids in keeping in contact with the outside world. Two removable straps allow A-Frame or vertical board carry, but diagonal carry is also an option.
To maximize the performance of your Hyperlite Mountain Gear products and ensure that they live a long, reliable, and productive life, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with their Care Instructions.
CARE INSTRUCTIONS
WITH YOUR SAFETY IN MIND
Quick and easy-to-use exterior and interior avalanche tool access
PLAY ROUGH FOR YEARS TO COME
Built with Fully Woven Dyneema, our premier fabric
DESIGNED FOR TRIP FLEXIBILITY
Perfect size for single lap or all day tours
Absolutely love the pack. This is my second Hyperlite pack (I also use the Prism). My one gripe is that the zipper on the top closure, if you're ducking under blowdown, can get unintentionally opened. I would definitely not put anything important in that pocket. Perhaps having the zipper go in the other direction would improve the functionality.
This pack is great. I’ve been using it for a few weeks now for touring and ice climbing mainly. It has been great! It’s very low profile and comfortable to wear. The only nitpicks I have are that when the bag is full it is kind of hard to get skins in the skin compartment without removing some stuff from the main compartment first (not a big deal though). I wouldn’t mind the zipper compartment on the lid being a tiny bit bigger either but other than those 2 very minor tweaks it is phenomenal.
After around 10 days of skitouring with this pack I would give a 4 star.
There are several very good points, but also some features that I did not find super convenient/mature.
Good points:
- comfortable both in uphill and downhill. Very good shoulder straps and hip belt design.
- stable diagonal ski carry-on (but you need to remove the pack to secure the skis).
- obviously very light, but good built quality, looks very robust.
Less good points:
- the design with 2 internal pockets leads to a small and thin main pocket. Compared to packs with a single main pocket, I find loading less convenient, even painful. I mostly have to use the lateral zip for access.
- overall it feels (much) smaller than other 32 L packs I used.
- the top pocket is small , I struggle to fit inside my sunglasses in their case, so it has limited use.
I have used this pack about 6 times as a day pack for ski touring. I have owned many ski packs during my 4 decades of ski touring and this pack is one of the best. The pack has all the features that help streamline my ski day. I see a few simple improvements that would lead me to a 5 star rating. The first would be to give the pack a flat bottom instead of the tapered shape. A flat bottom would help with holding the pack upright in the snow when shuffling gear during the day. The second would be to make the nylon pull for the closure system out of not-black webbing so it is easier to see. The pack carries and skis really well going up and down-- the shoulder straps are a perfect shape and I don't need to use the chest strap to hold the pack snug. The feature set is perfect. And another big plus is the pack is made in the USA-- and is very light weight.
I’ve only recently began to hike with this pack. It has been great. It is lightweight durable, and I really like the side zippers, which gives me easy access to the whole pack. I would recommend this pack to anybody doing big or little day touring trips.
The only thing missing with this pack is a secure way to carry your helmet.
