Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short Review

Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short Review by Erin Trail The Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short is a lightweight short that’s ready for summer season, easily going from trail to picnics to concerts. Details Lightweight hemp recycled poly blend (53% hemp, 44% polyester, 3% elastane) Button and fly zip Adjustable Fit Elasticated waist Two…

Erin Trail

June 10, 2026

4–5 minutes

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Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short

Review by Erin Trail

The Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short is a lightweight short that’s ready for summer season, easily going from trail to picnics to concerts.

Details

Lightweight hemp recycled poly blend (53% hemp, 44% polyester, 3% elastane)
Button and fly zip
Adjustable Fit Elasticated waist
Two front drop in pockets
External rear hang tag
6-inch inseam

Review

The Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short is a lightweight summer short that’s easy to wear to a variety of outdoor activities.

The hemp and recycled polyester fabric has a nice, light weight to it. The fabric is also super soft to the touch.

I am a size 10 on the Royal Robbins size guide; I found the Women’s Hemp Adventure Short to have a slightly relaxed fit that is true to size. The rear has an elasticized waistband, which also provides a little size flexibility.

The two front drop in pockets are very generous, extending down to the bottom hem of the shorts. The pockets easily hold a phone or keys securely.

The 6-inseam is a great length for a variety of activities. The Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short easily works as a hiking short. It also design of the short also fits into more social summer events like picnics or summer concerts.

The Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short washes and wears very well. I’ve been wearing the shorts for the past month, and with each wash, the fabric does actually get softer while still looking wear-free.

While walking around, the Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short drapes and moves well. There’s a tiny bit of stretch to the fabric, that helps with ease of movement. The inner thigh also stayed put as I walked places.

The Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short are also quick drying. I’ve worn the shorts on a few hot days, where the waistband got sweaty (it happens) and the shorts dried off quickly. I’ve also somehow managed to wear the shorts during 2 surprise rainstorms that soaked the shorts. The most recent rainstorm was during an outdoor concert. I wasn’t going to leave my front row lawn seat because of the rain, and the bottom hem of the shorts got drenched. Happily, by the time the set was done and it was time to walk back to the car, the shorts were completely dry.

Closing Thoughts

The Royal Robbins Women’s Hemp Adventure Short is available in two colorways (Everglades and Pecan) and with sizes ranging numerically from 2 to 16.

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).

In 2026 Erin took the National Championship in her Age Group for the USA Triathlon Cross Tri. She’s also racing the a National Championship Road Sprint and Olympic Distance race in Milwaukee and a few other off road triathlons and bike races. In 2027, she will represent Team USA at the World Championship Cross Triathlon 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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