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Originally Posted by Longstreet
The activity you are doing may have something to do with your cold feet. Speaking for myself, whenever I am 'inactive' my feet tend to get cold, but when I become 'active' they warm up extremely well.
As for what I personally wear, when winter camping or hiking, I have always worn a light synthetic sock (a pair of Nike cycling socks) with a pair of Canadian issue wool socks over top. My feet have always been toasty warm and oddly enough, at the end of the day when I take them off and check my feet, they (my feet) are as dry as a bone. I can't say the same for my boot liners though as they are usually soaked. I wear Sorell boots and whenever I go on overnights, I always pack an extra set of liners.
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My activity is Hunting and work for the most part. When moving no problem with cold feet, but sitting idle even in a warm car in the morning my feet have a damp chill. Today it was cold and sleeting, same thing warm when I was walking and cold when sitting idle, but I decided to try some hunting/hiking in the afternoon 2 hours, in gusty winds 15-20 mph, high in the 20's no problem but a chilly face and all the way home warm cozy feet....only difference a different set of boots, a looser fitting pair and my feet didn't feel damp.
What I noticed today was that with my tighter Merrill hiking boots the chill from the wind seems to transmit almost immediately to the sock, the other boots I wore hunting are looser which allows for an air space between the exterior and the sock. This is makes sense because the Merriills are warmer with thinner socks.