Winter Essentials in Trek and Mountain's 2025 Christmas Gift Guide

Trek and Mountain magazine highlights Alpkit's Sastrugi fleece jacket and Woodsmoke mountain shirt in their top Christmas gift picks for trekkers and mountaineers.

Trek and Mountain just released their Christmas gift guide for 2025, and we're chuffed to see two of our products made the cut. The Sastrugi fleece jacket and Woodsmoke mountain shirt are sitting alongside gear from the likes of Rab, Mountain Equipment, and Jöttnar in their selection of fourteen top picks.

Trek and Mountain calls our Sastrugi "Alpkit's fleeciest fleece" and a "proper winter-weight midlayer jacket", built for "hard frost, battling Cairngorm winds and bone-chilling winter camping". It's constructed from 100% recycled pile fleece fabric. Our Woodsmoke mountain shirt gets described as "the most comfortable, easy going and versatile shirt you will ever own", with ThermoTech hollow fibre fabric that "looks like a shirt but traps heat to work like a fleece". They highlight its no-iron convenience and Polygiene anti-odour technology for multi-day adventures.

The Sastrugi is serious kit. That 100% recycled pile fleece fabric delivers genuine warmth for Scottish winter conditions. Trek and Mountain recommending it for the Cairngorms backs up what we already know: it's built for proper mountain use, not just casual hiking. The recycled fabric construction is a bonus, but the performance is what counts.

Our Woodsmoke shirt fills a real gap. It's that versatile layer you can wear from morning café stops to evening boulder sessions. The ThermoTech hollow fibre technology performs like a fleece whilst looking and feeling like a shirt. The anti-odour treatment and no-iron fabric make it genuinely practical for hut-to-hut trekking or extended camping trips where washing isn't an option. We've designed it for people who actually use their gear, not just talk about it.

If you're building your winter kit, both pieces fit the bill. The Sastrugi gives you proven warmth for British winter conditions. The Woodsmoke provides versatility for mountain lifestyles. We've designed both so you don't have to choose between performance and accessible pricing. Whether you're planning winter wild camps in the Highlands, weekend hiking in the Lakes, or need reliable layers for cold-weather adventures, these pieces do the job. Quality kit enables adventures. When that gear delivers on performance and value, more people get outside.

Read the full gift guide on Trek and Mountain