Classic glacier glasses make a comeback with revamped performance technology
Trusted by the world’s leading mountaineers, the classic glacier glasses have been brought back with style and revamped performance technology from VALLON.
First created in the alpine town of Chamonix in the 1880s, glacier glasses are a wonderful evolution of alpine masks - linen and cotton with holes cut for the eyes.
Thankfully sports eyewear has come a long way since then, and even more so thanks to the team at VALLON who noticed that glacier glasses were in sore need of a technical upgrade for the 21st century. Meet the Heron Glacier!
Built with resilient, lightweight frames and malleable temples, these sunglasses pack away tightly but can be adapted to fit almost any face shape. The biggest upgrade introduced by the Heron Glacier is the Cat. 4 polycarbonate (aka shatterproof) lenses which offer the ultimate eye protection in snowy and glacial geographies.
In places where snow blindness is a real concern, many rookie explorers will attest that scrimping on your eyewear is a recipe for disaster. Heron Glacier make sure your eyes are properly protected with 6% Visible Light Transmission (VLT), a brown base tint (best for blocking blue light and enhancing contrast), and leather side shields that keep out solar glare. VALLON’s glacier glasses also sport small ventilation holes in the side shields that help prevent your sunglasses fogging up (in addition to an anti-fog coating that sits inside the lenses).
These side shield sunglasses’ leather centrepiece can be easily removed to improve airflow, but we like the extra protection it provides across the bridge of the nose (and pairs well with a nose pad for those who are particularly sensitive to sunburn).
Not to be swayed by fads and design trends, VALLON have stayed true to the classic glacier glasses aesthetic, whilst upgrading all the features with the latest technology.
Heron Glacier are available here from the VALLON store.
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