Poor old cotton. It doesn't get any respect in the outdoor sports world. Unless you're courting hypothermia, that is.

But last week I spent several days skiing in a cotton zip T-neck from Polarmax, working up a sweat on a ridge hike and during some warm, bluebird days in Lake Tahoe. And yet I was as comfortable as if I was wearing pricier wool or stinky synthetic--no clammy, clinging fabric making me wish I was closer to a chimney than a couloir.

The secret? A new fabric technology known asTransDRY. It allows cotton--which normally has the wicking ability of a sponge--to move moisture from your body to the outside of a garment so it dries more quickly.

To read the rest of the Cindy's review, please visit our friends at http://buzz.snow.com/gear/b/weblog/archive/2011/02/11/wicking-cotton-the-next-frontier-in-base-layers.aspx