I agree that better outer wear is in order. I still love my red wool shirt jacket...it survived many trips to Philmont and still is in good order.
I have purchased a red polar fleece vest and jacket from Wearguard, they are very sturdy and more inportantly...WARM ( better when polar fleece vest is worn over the polar fleece jacket)
As for the outer layer I use a Red/Black parka with zip out liner.
I like the red wool watch cap with light gore tex liner.
The key is LAYERS, LAYERS, LAYERS !!!