In warm weather the lower section of the leg can be taken off to turn the trousers into shorts, just like a regular pair of zip-off trousers. The removed section has a drawcord adjustment at the calf that together with the boot hook in the leg ending transforms it into a gaiter that protects legs in brush-filled terrain.Stretch: 63% polyamide, 26% polyester, 11% elastaneG-1000 Eco: 65% polyester, 35% cotton