text: Let me "womansplain" - cotton kills - plain, simple and easy to remember. A good pair of silkies next to your skin followed by wool or fleece, topped by a water repellent layer takes the the cake and keeps you warm and cozy. Oh, and for the hands: liner gloves inside big ole water repellent mittens!  For the feet - Sorels with felt liners unless you plan to go wading but we're talking COLD here so let's avoid the overflow and wait for breakup to deal with that. Oh, for the record a happy camper is a pretty camper especially a smiling face framed by fur. Some nice wolverine keeps the fur from freezing to those rosy cheeks!