I never have drank the kuiu warrior koolaid. Same with sitka. I see people dressed in it head to toe all the time, even when in town or at the grocery store. It is an image thing, I guess. It is good stuff I'll admit, till a hole gets poked into it, which IME isn't too hard to do. Then it is worthless.
I don't have a suggestion for the OP, unfortunately. I use mainly Filson wool and their tin cloth stuff, whether in rain or snow. With the amount of water there is in SE Alaska, I'd probably show up with some double tin pants. They're significantly tougher than the synthetics, though take more maintenance and especially breaking in. Ups and downs to everything...
