Freelight Polartec Grid Crew

Peak Performance was founded in 1986 in Åre, Sweden by three ski racers — Stefan Engström, Peter Blom and Christer Mårtensson — who believed ski kit should be both technically honest and genuinely good looking. From a single shop in a mountain town at the 63rd parallel, the brand grew into Scandinavia's most recognisable mountainwear name. HQ moved to Stockholm in 1999; Amer Sports acquired the brand in 2018 (alongside Arc'teryx, Salomon, Atomic), and the line is led by President Stefano Saccone from April 2025. The Åre maxim still holds: if it can handle Åre, it can handle anything.

Polartec® Power Grid™ — 119 gsm flat fleece with the signature grid back, engineered to move moisture off skin and across to outer layers for evaporation. Peak Performance builds it into the Freelight Grid Crew (running base/mid, 90D stretch poplin face) and the Trail Zip Hood (mountain mid-layer with hood and trail cut). Men's crew ~260g; women's ~210g. Made without intentionally added PFAS. Built for the moment effort turns to mist. Men's Freelight Grid Crew — ~260g, 90D stretch poplin face, grid back, the run base/mid.