The North Face Mountain 25 Tent

The North Face Mountain 25 Tent

It might not have the room for three offered by the VE 25, but the rugged Mountain 25 Tent from The North Face offers the same highly wind resistant performance while shaving a couple of pounds off your overall pack weight. With a trail weight of seven pounds, 12 ounces, the Mountain 25 tent is the lightest four-season expedition tent made by The North Face. A brow pole up top creates a lift venting profile that offers excellent cross flow while minimizing humidity. Like many of the best designed mountaineering tents, the Mountain 25 has an integrated polyurethane view window that's cold tested to -60F so you can check on the weather without compromising any of the warmth inside the tent. The guy-out points are numerous enough to weather big blows and the No-Stretch Kevlar guylines with camming adjustments are ideal for pitching in open spaces. The Mountain 25 comes with internal storage pockets for gear, but if you really want to organize (and possibly dry out) your mountaineering and backpacking gear, get the fully-compatible #2 Gear Loft from The North Face. If you're going minimalist, don't forget to buy the Mountain 25 Footprint so you can add a floor to your poles and fly configuration.

• Rugged and lightweight 40-denier 240T nylon ripstop canopy fabric
• Waterproof 75-denier 185T polyester ripstop fly fabric coated with a 1,500-mm. polyurethane finish
• Rugged and waterproof 70-denier 210T nylon taffeta floor fabric coated with a 5,000-mm. polyurethane finish
• 4 DAC Featherlite™ NSL aluminum poles plus two smaller poles for the vestibule
• Continuous pole sleeve design for optimum structural rigidity
• True bucket floor design is completely taped for waterproof protection and enhanced integrity
• Dual doors and dual vestibules for easy exits and plenty of out-of-weather storage
• Internal zippered vents with mesh screens and easy adjustment features
• Color-coded canopy and flysheet webbing simplifies pitching
• Rugged polyurethane window is cold-crack tested all the way to -60F
• Reflective guyline loops on no-stretch Kevlar guylines with multiple guy-points for optimum stability
• Internal storage pockets and glow-in-the-dark zipper pulls
• Fly-only pitching option for summer evenings
• Compatible with The North Face #2 Gear Loft (not included)
• Compact compression stuff sack included
• Tent height: 39 in.
• Internal area: 30 sq. ft. (2.8 sq. m.)
• Stuff sack size: 22 x 8 in. (56 x 20 cm.)
• Weight: 7 lbs. 12 oz. (3.51 kg.) in trail configuration

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Reviews

Mitch S - January 21 2008

Great Tent
As a frequent climber of Mount Rainier and other Cascade peaks High winds are the norm, this is my first North Face Tent, it held up great in very high winds and snow.

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Roger Dier - August 9 2007

North Face Mountain Withstands Gale Winds of Quetico
Bought the NF Mountain in June 2007 and took it into Quetico Provencial Park in late July for 12 days. Withstood a torrential rain storm early in the trip, and later, it survived two days of high wind while we were stranded on Lookout Island on Pickeral Lake. Sturdy, roomy, comfortable with lot's of pleasant storage surprises once you start living in it. Buy it if you want a quality tent.

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Byron - February 22 2006

The Northface Mountain 25 Tent is an excellent Tent!
I had my maiden voyage recently with this tent, and under severe winter conditions (snow, wind, and subzero temps) it held up extremely well. Other campers had problems with their tents blowing down, water problems, etc. But, I slept confortably, dry and safe! Thank you for your prompt service and for production of a very good product!

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Dan - March 21 2005

Disposition of Poles in High Winds
Since there is a review below critical of this tent's performance in high winds, I think it worth mentioning that when pitching for windy conditions the poles should be inserted in their terminal holes such that they are at maximum tension, thus giving the criss-crossing pole structure its maximum stability by virtue of enhanced mutual reinforcement. Effective staking also contributes to tent stability in high wind.

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Dan - March 14 2005

addendum
please add this to my review just submitted: An additional significant benefit of this tent is that The North Face is very easy to deal with when it comes to warranty claims. If anything goes wrong with the tent my experience has shown that they will promptly handle it properly with no problems.

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