Gridline Anorak Women's

I started testing the Gridline Anorak in fall 2025. I'm a fan of the minimalist anorak pullover style, so I was sold on the look right away. I also advocated for keeping the same color options for both women and men because it drives me crazy when brands create gender-specific colors, especially when women's options default to teal and pink.

The fit of this early version worked well for me and left plenty of room for layering underneath, including a long sleeve and an Alpha 90 pullover. As someone who tends to overheat as soon as I start moving, I really appreciate having multiple venting options. The pit zips and two-way front zipper are huge wins for me. Spending time in both rainy conditions and some shoulder-season weather also gave me a good opportunity to test the jacket in the elements.

Wowee! The gridline has the perfect intersection of being HIGHLY effective rainshell, windbreaker for how small it is, making it likely to make into the pack for every outing. I took this on a 5 day backpack trip to the Wallowas where we got absolutely douched on and not only did it perform well in the torrential wettening, it dried out very fast with my body heat and a brief hang up. I only need this and a shirt on the ridge tops to be comfy in the wind. Not only that but it looks ****. I got several compliments from strangers and one from a mountain goat who said, “dang girl, would you like to join my harem?” Unfortunately I’m a free range girlboss otherwise I would have. The three quarter zip is a cool style and makes it less zipper-malfunction-prone with having one less connection point. I’m able to zip it low enough to dump enough heat if I’m sweating and throw it on over layers or without having to take my hat off.

This impressively light rain jacket kept me dry (and therefore warm) in the soggy Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. While on a packrafting trip my drysuit neck gasket split and we still had dozens of miles to paddle in 33-degree glacial water. Taping my gashed gasket was hopeless so I put on this rain jacket, zipped it up to my chin, and paddled outwards! It successfully kept the water out of my drysuit and preformed admirablely under normal rain-from-the-sky scenarios as well. I include it now on all my backcountry trips because it weighs literally half of any other rain jacket I own.