I like to think of the clothing I wear into the woods as pieces of gear (or "kit" for you Bushcrafters!) So in this first discussion/review I would like to talk about... pants.

For the past two years I have worn (almost exclusively) Riggs Rangers.



These are heavy cotton rip-stop pants with reinforcements in the knees and a cool leather patch to protect your pocket from a tape measure or more specific to us, a knife.



They have worked great, but of course cotton is the death cloth in a wet situation so I am looking for alternatives at the moment. If Riggs (ie. Wrangler) made a rip-stop nylon version of the Ranger pant I would buy a dozen pairs of them.

I just ordered a pair of Overland Guide pants from LL Bean.

http://www.llbean.com/llb/shop/6083...p;amp;feat=504251-tn&cat4=504250

I'm hoping they'll work well, the reviews seem good, but I'll let you know once I've tried them out.

Another pair I was directed to are the Craghopper Bear Survivor Trousers. Don't laugh, I thought it was a joke too until I saw this review from Joe Flowers over at Woods Monkey.

Anyway, I wanted to get any other thoughts about pants that you've found to work great in the woods for backpacking and such.

Aaaaand... discuss!