The palm and fingers (including thumb) have a leather-like surface for better grip. They are thermal insulated with a soft fleece-like lining.

I don’t ski anymore, but they reminded me of ski gloves. If you need gloves for more frigid conditions, then the C5 GORE-TEX Thermo Gloves are definitely for that. The forefinger on the C3 Stretch Mid Gloves is touchscreen compatible That said, these aren’t what I would call “deep winter” gloves. These aren’t thermal insulated gloves but the windproof GORE-TEX INFINIUM material keeps the windchill off my hands and I find that’s more important than thermal insulation per se. For me, these are versatile gloves that I can wear when it’s just “chilly” (low 50s F … as someone from more tropical Filipino heritage, I tend to get colder more easily) to “cold” (I’ve worn them on rides down to the high 30s F) - I know everyone’s tolerance for cold is different so YMMV. Thankfully, GORE hasn’t tried to fix something that ain’t broke.

I have a pair C3 GORE-TEX INFINIUM Stretch Mid Gloves that have served me well for a couple of seasons now. So this is stuff I’m not using now but will when I head back north to Babylon on the Potomac when I’m brave enough to weather the elements and do some winter riding. Chuck Peña PEZ sez: I’m writing this from our house down in SC where daytime temps can still get up into the low 70s (F) and “cold” is considered 50-something (F).

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