Cold Weather Boots at Ranger School: What Keeps You There vs. What Gets You Dropped
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Cold Weather Boots at Ranger School: What Keeps You There vs. What Gets You Dropped
When it comes to cold weather boots for Ranger School, the big question is always:
What keeps you there—and what gets you dropped?
Here’s the deal:
These are the standard issue cold weather boots.
They don’t say how many grams of Thinsulate are in them anywhere on the boot. Doesn’t matter. You can tell they’re built for cold, and they meet the standard.
These right here are the cold weather boot inserts.
By themselves? No—they don’t make a hot weather boot into a cold weather boot.
You can’t just throw these into your summer boots and expect it to pass layout. That’ll get you sent home.
But—if your boots are AR 670-1 compliant and clearly marked as cold weather boots, then you’re good to go.
If the boot does list Thinsulate—200g, 400g, 600g, 1200g—you’re definitely solid. That labeling will clear the check every time.
But if there’s no gram amount listed on the boot, and nothing printed on the inserts either, that combo will still get you through—as long as the boots are cold weather and regulation-compliant.
If you’re not sure, come in and let us look at them.
We’ve seen every variation. We know what passes, what gets flagged, and what gets you a no-go.