Burton AK Gore Hover Stretch Jacket 2025

Earn-Your-Turns Simplicity

Every ounce matters when you're packing it all on your back. The men's Burton [ak] Hover GORE-TEX 3L Stretch Jacket is the lightest, most packable shell in the [ak] line. Its minimalist design stows easily in your pack when you're on the skin track, and it delivers trusted stormproof protection and key features that you can count on for smooth days in the backcountry.

What makes this jacket tick?

• Lightweight and Stormproof: GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU DRY™ GORE-TEX 3L is lighter weight than 2L GORE-TEX material as well as being waterproof, windproof, breathable, and durable enough to keep you on the move in all weather, period.
•  Backcountry Minimalism: An overall minimalist design keeps weight down but still offers key features like big pockets to keep your skins warm between laps, pit-zips for venting on the skin track, and a cut that lets you move naturally.
• Powder Day Ready: A removable waist gaiter with jacket-to-pant interface, power mesh wrist gaiters, water-resistant zippers, and an adjustable hood offer full storm riding coverage.
• Choice Pockets: interior mesh dump pockets, a bicep pass pocket, a zippered chest pocket, zippered hand-warmer pockets, and a zippered internal chest pocket offer secure storage and easy access to the usual stuff.
• Low Environmental Impact: Bluesign® approved materials reduces impact on humans and the planet during manufacturing.
• Regular articulated fit is just right: Not too tight or too baggy, with shaping at the elbows and shoulders for easy movement    
• Designed for outdoor professionals and the harshest weather: offering the most durable, waterproof, and breathable material. Zip vents enhance breathability during more intense activity and in warmer conditions; GORE-TEX seam tape provides durable seam protection for a completely weather and waterproof design    Ergonomic zip-out stretch waist gaiter with jacket-to-pant interface; Power mesh wrist gaiters , StormForm Contour hood with drop construction and Cohaesive embedded cinch and hood length adjustment    
• Pit Zip vents; No-lift underarm gusset; Shaped cuffs; Articulated patterning for mobility  
•  Internal abrasion-resistant tape; Power mesh wrist gaiters; RECCO® reflector and reflective details; YKK® water-resistant zippers    Interior power mesh dump pockets, zippered bicep pass pocket, zippered chest pocket, zippered hand-warmer pockets, and zippered internal chest pocket.
• GORE-TEX C-Knit™ three-layer fabric is durably waterproof and softer, lighter, and more breathable than traditional three-layer GORE-TEX, offering a natural, easy-wearing feel of a lightweight softshell that still sheds wet weather; GORE-TEX fabric is GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU DRY™