dude. These pants zip off just above the knee. They are perfect for autumn and spring backpacking trips, and I believe they would be great the other months of the year also. I'll be wearing them even in the summer since they are so light and will give me mosquito protection in the summer without being too hot.

Update: I had originally ordered 34x34 because that is my pant size. I have to return those and get the 36x34. The 34x34 pants seemed to fit well, but they were just a little snug which caused the crotch area to be too tight whenever I squatted. I would advise getting one waist higher. These are still awesome pants, though.

Update 2:
I wore these on a four hour hike today and they were very comfortable. I took the pant legs off before I hit the trail. The pants were very flexible and breathed well. The only slight issue I had with them was the right cargo pocket. It has a small piece of Velcro on it and by the end of the day it didn't seem to want to stick after my sweat got it wet. Minor issue in my mind, though. The left cargo pocket has a zipper on it. Not sure why the right doesn't also.

One other thing I like about these pants. The lower pant legs have an L and an R stamped on them so you don't have to guess about which one is which.

更新: 我最初订购了34x34的，我平时就穿这个大小。但现在我得把它们退回去，买36x34的。34x34的裤子看起来很合身，但它们只是短暂性的舒适，每次我蹲下来，胯部都会变紧。我建议你把腰围拉高一点。尽管如此，不过这条裤子还是很棒的。

更新2:

我今天穿着这条裤子进行了四个小时的徒步旅行，感觉很舒服。在我上路之前，我把裤腿拆开了。这条裤子很有弹性，透气性很好。唯一的小问题出在右口袋上。它上面有一小块维可牢尼龙搭扣，一天的行程下来，我的汗水会把它弄湿，它好像会掉下来。不过在我看来，这只是个小问题。还有一点就是，左边的口袋上有一个拉链，但不知道为什么右边口袋没有。

我还很喜欢这条裤子的另外一点是，拆卸下的裤腿上有L和R的标记，这样你就不用猜哪一边是左边哪一只是右边啦。

k of going up stairs (or climbing a hilly incline) when you have to lift your feet higher in order to ascend vertically.. these are the steps when the fabric of any pant will rub and catch most on your moist, sweaty legs.. in the context of a day-long hiking, it makes each step that much more tiring when you have to fight against your pants; in the context of these pants that problem is even worse as they get so thigh-narrow they maximize that pull... and I have normal-dude thighs.. I haven't seen leg day in the gym for years...

Moving on, you figure one design flaw is enough, yea? Oh wait, how about those front pockets, lets make those smaller, because no one takes front pockets seriously anyways, yea? I stuck a ruler in the front pockets and couldn't find any way to put it deeper than 4 and 1/2". I can still see my wrist when I put my hands in those pockets.. why.... would they do that?

..if you can get over the tight thighs (I couldn't) then perhaps the only merit to these pants is how light the nylon is compared to other convertible pants.. so maybe they'll stay cooler in hot climates.. just too uncomfortable for me to try and find out

你为什么会选择穿户外裤去旅行，或只是待在户外呢？哥伦比亚将这些裤子的裤腿设计成渐缩型，还设计得这么窄，人们穿着裤子的时候，难道不会觉得每走一步都被拉扯着吗？尤其是，想象一下当你上楼或者在小山的斜坡上爬行时，你还必须得抬高双脚才能走上去。你正在做这些事的时候，也正是裤子与流汗的腿部相互摩擦的时候，这个情况并非只出现在哥伦比亚上，任何户外裤都有这个情况。经过了长达一天的徒步旅行后，你必须要与裤子做斗争，因为你穿着户外裤走的每一步都很艰难。而当你穿着哥伦比亚户外裤的时候，这种情况就更加糟糕了，因为他们的裤腿太窄了，它们会最大程度地牵扯着你步行。我身材普通，有好多年没在健身房锻炼了。

话还没说完，你觉得出现一个设计缺陷就已经足够了是吗？哦等等，那你觉得裤子前面的口袋设计得怎么样？是不是觉得还要做得再小一点啊？你们是不是觉得没有人会看重前面的口袋啊？？？我把尺子放进口袋里测量，口袋深度绝对不超过5.27厘米。我把手插进口袋里的时候，还是能看见自己露出来的手...我也不是很懂，为什么要设计成这样....

如果你可以忍受腿部的紧缩（反正我忍不了），这裤子的唯一优点可能就是，和其他户外裤比起来这裤子轻得多，在炎热天气穿着也会更凉爽....不过对于我来说，我还是觉得不舒服，不想穿这条裤子。

nce was made fun of by some teens when I was wearing these pants in Michigan, but no biggie for me.

So there are a couple of thing that I love about these pants so here they are:

PROS
1. Convertible
2. Light weight
3. Durable
4. Streatchy
5. Comes with free belt (although I don't use this)
6. Pockets galore

CONS
1. Wish it came in different lengths like 28/29 inseam. I'm about 5'6' so I have to get this pants hemmed or they drag on the floor.

Anyways I love this product and wouldn't mind buying it again if the old ones break. I primarily use this for travel since I travel light and never check anything in. I use this for the shorts function and I utilize it for a business casual type of look. Hope this review helped and if it does please click the helpful button to vote. Thanks!

这条裤子有很多我喜欢的方面，我把它们都列在下面了：

优点：

1.可转换

2.重量轻

3.耐穿

4.有弹性

5.附带腰带（虽然我用不上）

6.口袋多

缺点：

希望能出几款不同长度的裤子，比如28/29码的。我身高5'6' ，对我来说这裤子太长了，我必须要把裤脚缝一点起来，不然就会拖到地上了。

不管怎说，我还是挺喜欢这条裤子的，如果旧的那条裤子穿坏了，我也还是会继续购买的。我主要会在旅行时穿着它，因为我喜欢轻便的旅行，我不会去检查自己带了哪些东西。这条裤子我用的还是短裤的功能，我是蛮喜欢它商务休闲的风格。希望这条评论能够帮到你们，如果确实如此，还希望大家单击一下有帮助这个按钮哦，谢谢！

hip. Hip-huggers, sort of. And for pretty much all forms of exercise, I wear boxer briefs and have done so for years. Well, wearing these Columbia pants with my normal backpacking pack caused the following scenario - there was a large gap where my underwear rode up over the top of the pants. The belt of the Columbia pants themselves was probably cutting into my hip bones. And then the thicker, padded belt of my pack (an Arcteryx Bora 80 pack that I have owned and used since about 2002 with no problems whastoever) ended up with some kind of friction and abrasion against both my underwear and my bare skin, resulting in the gory, ghastly wounds on my hips. I tried to attach pics to this review but apparently Amazon finds them inappropriate, so that is saying something! I've never seen anything like these wounds in all my years of hiking or backpacking and am very inclined to return these pants. I treated myself with gauze bandages in duct tape while still in the wilderness and continued changing bandages for the next five days. Perhaps my fellow lovers of the outdoors can advise me if I ought to order a size larger or smaller? Although they are a bit snug, they seemed to fit me just fine and allowed for a full range of movement even with a heavy pack on. I am actually scared to try these again in a backpacking scenario, and would not have ordered them just to have a nice pair of hiking pants. So any advice is welcome.