Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew Review

Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew Review by Erin Trail The Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew looks like a traditional sweater, but thanks to a merino wool blend, the sweater also performs in the outdoors. The Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew uses 12 gauge lightweight merino wool blend (60% merino wool, 40% recycled polyester). This sweater…

Erin Trail

November 18, 2025

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Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew

Review by Erin Trail

The Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew looks like a traditional sweater, but thanks to a merino wool blend, the sweater also performs in the outdoors.

The Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew uses 12 gauge lightweight merino wool blend (60% merino wool, 40% recycled polyester). This sweater is on the lightweight spectrum, which is perfect for transitional fall days or warmer winter days.

I am a size medium on the Royal Robbins sizing guide and I’ve found that this sweater fits true to size. The arm length is perfect, with the sleeves hitting me at the wrists. The bottom hem has a traditional fit, hitting me at the widest part of my hips. The neckline is a traditional crew shape; the neck does have a slight roll built into the cuff for a little texture and style.

The Fairisle pattern is absolutely stunning. I received the chalk heather colorway, and the colors within the pattern is reminiscent of the color palette seen on cold winter days.

I have been wearing the Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew to my office job throughout the fall. The sweater looks great and easily works as nicer casual wear. The sweater is perfect for fall walks as well, easily transitioning to active outdoor use and then back inside without being too cold or too warm. It is also really soft; I’ve never felt the need to wear a tank top underneath. The merino is plenty soft, even for sensitive skin.

Thanks to the odor resistant properties of merino, the sweater can easily handle multiple wearings – even for more active times – without needing to be washed. It also hasn’t shown any signs of wear – no pilling in any of the contact areas.

The Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew packs very well. I’ve often packed this sweater into my gym bag the night before, either folding or rolling it up. Any wrinkles in the sweater from packing easily disperse minutes after wearing it. This sweater would make a great vacation option because you can use it for lots of uses without needing to wash it.

Closing Thoughts

The Royal Robbins Westlands Fairisle Crew is a beautifully designed sweater that’s lightweight and great for a wide variety of use scenarios, from hikes to hanging out. The sweater is available only for women, in sizes ranging from XS to XL and is in 4 colorways.

Erin Trail

Trail Boss of Stoke

Erin Trail’s hobby is collecting hobbies. She’s a 5th Generation Coloradan and grew up exploring the outdoors on family camping trips and hikes. Her first backpacking trip was at eight years old to Grizzly Reservoir – she proudly carried all of her own gear those 3 miles from the main parking lot to the Reservoir.

Erin is an adult-onset athlete who started as a Masters Swimmer and then developed into a triathlete. She has completed 5 Ironman races and nearly 20 x 70.3 distance Ironman races, including the World Championship in Lahti, Finland, in 2023. In 2025, she raced for Team USA in Pontevedra, Spain for the World Triathlon Cross Tri World Championship. She placed 9th in her age group and was the 1st American woman in her age group.

Erin Trail on her mountain bike at the World Tri Cross Triathlon World Championship race

Erin Trail on her running at the World Tri Cross Triathlon World Championship race

Somewhere along her triathlon journey, she picked up deep love of cycling. Cycling encouraged her to see landscapes in a new way, learn new skills and to develop self reliance; now she often goes and does Type 2 rides just to see if she can do it. She’s got all the bikes: gravel, mountain, fat bike, time trial and road.

She is even known to combine her love of camping and cycling and go off on solo 24 hour overnight bikepacking trips in the mountains of Colorado. In addition to bikes, she teaches yoga, lifts weights, skis, SUPs and has recently purchased a campervan.

Erin is a former Montana park ranger with a degree in environmental engineering. She loves getting into technical details while putting her gear (and herself) through the paces. She shares her home in Colorado with her husband, Will, and her 3 cats (Zipper, Brewtus, and Simcoe).

Fall and winter 2025 will bring Erin to the “Adventure Side”, with many camping, vanlife, bikepacking, and mountain bike rides. Once the snow flies, she can be find resort skiing, fat biking, and triathlon training (inside and outside).

2026 will bring a National Championship Cross Tri race, a National Championship Road Sprint and Olympic Distance race, and hopefully a chance to represent Team USA once again in 2027 in Edmonton, Canada. She’ll also save lots of room for adventure time with her friends and husband.

When not adventuring, she can be found on a sunny patio somewhere, drinking beers with her husband.

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