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Late August: the high Alps turn cold before nine

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The first autumn signal is already showing at altitude. Zermatt sat at nine degrees this morning at 1,600 metres, yet the afternoon still climbs past twenty. That is a twelve-degree swing before lunch. A merino base layer plus a packable wind shell covers both ends, without the bulky midlayer you would carry unused all day. Start cold, warm up moving.

Merino base layers
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