Waterproof extremity gear - gloves, socks and headwear built with a waterproof membrane and merino content. It is a deliberately narrow range aimed at the parts of a clothing system that are hardest to keep dry.
Cross Point Gear
Waterproof Extremity Protection
Cross Point Gear waterproof gloves, socks and headwear
Cross Point builds molded waterproof membranes into merino gloves, socks and beanies - the three places where a good jacket stops helping and a wet day starts becoming a short one. Molded membranes mean no seams to fail - the most common fail point in waterproof gear.
Cold hands, feet and head are what actually end a day in the New Zealand bush. We stock Cross Point because waterproof-and-warm at the extremities is a genuinely hard problem to solve, and most gear ignores it.
Waterproof where the rest of your kit stops
Why Advanced Outdoors
Why Advanced Outdoors stocks Cross Point Gear
You can buy a very good shell and still be miserable. Cross Point covers the gap most clothing systems leave at the ends.
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Genuinely waterproof, not treated
The middle layer consists of a molded membrane rather than an outer coating with seams that stops working after a season.
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Merino against the skin
Warm when damp, and it does not develop a smell after three days in the bush.
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Built for wet bush and crossings
Soaked scrub, river crossings and all-day rain - the conditions that defeat ordinary gloves and socks.
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The gap in most systems
Most people spend well on a jacket and then lose the day to cold wet hands.
Best Use Cases
Where Cross Point earns its place
Three problems it solves that a shell alone does not.
Wet bush and river crossings
Waterproof socks keep feet workable when boots have long since given up.
Shop waterproof gearCold, wet hands
Waterproof pro-wool gloves for the days when dexterity disappears first.
Shop gloves & socksExposed tops and long days
A waterproof beanie for wind and rain above the bushline or in bush that drips long after the rain has stopped.
Shop headwearFeatured Gear
Cross Point Gear in stock now
Waterproof gloves, mountain socks and headwear.
What to Look For
How to choose waterproof gloves and socks
Waterproof extremities behave differently from a waterproof jacket, and the usual sizing instincts work against you.
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Size for the layer underneath
A waterproof sock over a liner needs room. Squeeze it into your normal boot size and you lose circulation, which defeats the point.
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Waterproof still means wet inside eventually
Sweat has to go somewhere. Merino is what keeps these usable when that happens - it stays warm damp.
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Match to how long you are out
For a short walk, ordinary gloves are fine. These earn their money on the all-day, all-weather trips.
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Dexterity versus warmth
The warmest glove is rarely the one you can work in. Be honest about which you need for the job.
Related Categories
The rest of the wet weather system
What Cross Point sits alongside.
Why Buy Here
Buying Cross Point Gear from Advanced Outdoors
A specialist range, chosen and used in New Zealand conditions, with people on the end of the phone who can tell you what actually works.
Selected, not listed
We stock Cross Point Gear because it earns a place in a technical range.
Advice from field use
Ask us what suits your conditions, your activity level and the gear you already own.
Genuine stock, backed
Authorised stock with warranty support, dispatched from New Zealand.
Cross Point Gear FAQs
What does Cross Point Gear make?
Are waterproof socks actually worth it?
For sustained wet bush, river crossings and long days in boots that will wet out, yes. They are the difference between wet feet at hour two and workable feet at hour eight. For a dry day walk they are unnecessary.
What size waterproof socks should I buy?
Allow for the liner sock you will wear underneath, and check your boot has room. A waterproof sock crammed into a boot sized for a thin sock restricts circulation, and cold feet follow - which is the opposite of what you bought them for.
Will waterproof gloves keep my hands completely dry?
They keep external water out. Over a long day your hands will still get damp from sweat, which is why the merino content matters - it stays warm when damp rather than going cold like a synthetic liner.
Where does Cross Point fit alongside SITKA?
SITKA covers the body - base layers through to shells. Cross Point covers the extremities. They are complementary rather than competing, and most people who buy Cross Point already have the jacket sorted.
Specialist Advice
Losing days to cold, wet hands and feet?
Tell us where you are getting wet and how long you are out, and we will tell you whether waterproof extremities are the fix or whether something else is.