Good thread. One thing that's been lacking in my winter kit are serious cold weather pants. I have fairly robust nylon canvas pants that would do a good job over the top of wool long u/w, but nothing specific to that purpose.

In order to get the most bang for the buck from REI's latest 30% off sale, I now have REI Shuksan Pants. Not cheap by any means and probably not very useful in most of SOCAL, but anytime the winter kit goes in the truck (ie., anytime I leave SOCAL) I will now have serious cold weather pants available. I already have fleece pants and Smartwool long underwear -- the layering is complete.

OT: Is a RECCO Reflector of any utility outside an avalanche? (The REI description says "Embedded RECCO® detector", but that's the other side of the RECCO system.)