Know you asked about a lightweight kilt Roy....SportKilts do look more kilt-like with the sewn down seams now....

For foul weather, think someone on another thread mentioned that they wore a SportKilt UNDER their main kilt - though don't recall what the outer kilt was. That seemed like a great foul weather idea for warmth, wicking, and staying dry.

Don't know if the Macabi skirt would work for long hikes...it is a skirt...and long, unless you rig it up with some of the snaps or straps...has an East Asian look to me when its done up like that. I don't use that strap thing, take it off.
Ron