Description
For warmth at the extreme fringes of the world.
- This 800-fill down jacket is warm enough for the coldest climates on the planet Gore Windstopper ripstop shell keeps the insulation dry and fluffy, without letting wind in or down out
- Climashield NEO synthetic insulation is used in hood, shoulders, and back to alleviate cold spots
- The fixed hood is fully adjustable to accommodate a climbing helmet
- Two internal water bottle pockets keep essential hydration handy and liquefied
- Graduated center-front zip has wind flaps with clip closures for ease of access
- Hobo mitts allow you to use your fingers without losing all the heat in your hands
- Pockets and zippers are harness- and pack-compatible if you find yourself having to travel a significant distance in cold climates
Terms And Conditions
This Usage Agreement (the "Agreement") governs your conduct while using various services on the web site Backcountry.com and its affiliate web sites (collectively, the "Site"). All references to "we," "us," and "our" shall mean Backcountry.com and all references to "you" and "your" shall mean the user of the Site and Site Services. This Agreement applies to various services and activities on the Site as well as to gear review and product ratings (collectively, "Site Services"). Please read this Agreement carefully.
BY ACCESSING, BROWSING, AND USING THE SITE, ANY SITE SERVICES AND OTHER SERVICES THEREIN, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT AND ITS TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY SUBSEQUENT MODIFICATION THEREOF, DO NOT ACCESS, BROWSE OR OTHERWISE USE THE SITE OR SITE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE SUBMISSION OF ANY REVIEWS OR COMMENTS.
Your use of the Site is governed by this Agreement and any other agreements and/or terms of use adopted by Backcountry.com and/or its affiliates. This Agreement shall govern in the event of, and to the extent of, any inconsistency with the Site. For more information on our privacy practices, read the Privacy Policy to understand our practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of personal information on the Site and with respect to Site Services.
Any comments, reviews (including gear reviews and product ratings), posts, feedback, questions, answers, notes, messages, images, video, audio, materials, documents, data, graphics, ideas, suggestions or other communications (collectively, "User Content") you submit on the Site are not private or proprietary. By submitting User Content on or through the Site, you grant, assign and transfer to Backcountry.com all of your rights, title and interest, including without limitation, all intellectual property rights and moral rights, in and to such User Content. To the extent the preceding assignment and transfer is ineffective, you hereby grant Backcountry.com an irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual right and license to use, copy, modify, adapt, display, publish, archive, store, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works based upon such User Content, in any form, media, software or technology of any kind now existing or developed in the future.
By submitting such User Content on or through the Site, you are confirming that (a) you are the sole author of the User Content and the User Content originated with you and not copied in whole or in part from any other work; (b) you have obtained all necessary permissions associated with the User Content, including without limitation permissions relating to copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity and/or rights of privacy; (c) the User Content does not contain hate speech or profanity and is not unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar, libelous, obscene, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, an invasion of another's privacy, or otherwise in violation of this Agreement; (d) that you are not a minor and have the legal right and capacity to enter into and comply with this Agreement; (e) such User Content does not and will not, in any way, violate or breach any of the terms of this Agreement; and (f) Backcountry.com shall not in any circumstances be required to pay or incur any sums to any person or entity as a result of its use or exploitation of the User Content.
With respect to your conduct on the Site or while using the Site Services, you agree not to: (a) attempt to disguise the origin of any User Content transmitted to the Site Services whether through the Site or any third party site; (b) act in any manner that negatively affects other users' ability to use the Site and Site Services; (c) impersonate any person or entity, including without limitation, a manufacturer or owner of any product, or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity; (d) interfere with the Site or Site Services, or servers or networks connected to the Site or Site Services, or disobey any requirements, procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to the Site or Site Services; (e) upload, post, or otherwise transmit any User Content that with respect to the Site Services: (i) is not relevant to the product, service, person or entity being reviewed; (ii) you do not have a right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary relationships (by way of example but not limitation, inside information, proprietary and confidential information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or under nondisclosure agreements); (iii) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment; or (iv) is unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation.
By submitting any such User Content on or through the Site, you grant Backcountry.com permission to use your name, alias and any other information (as provided by you) to attribute such User Content to you. Without limiting the generality of the previous sentence, and subject to our Privacy Policy, you authorize Backcountry.com, its affiliates, and sublicensees to share the User Content across all affiliated Web sites, and to use your name and any other information in connection with its use of such User Content, as they may choose. You also grant Backcountry.com and its affiliates the right to use any material, information, ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such User Content. We are not responsible for the similarity of any of our Content or programming in any media to User Content submitted by you. Any and all rights granted in this section are granted without the need for any compensation to you in any form.
User Content does not reflect the views of Backcountry.com, and Backcountry.com does not represent or guarantee the truthfulness, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, integrity, quality or reliability of any User Content, nor does Backcountry.com endorse or support any opinions expressed in any User Content. In no event shall Backcountry.com have or be construed to have any responsibility or liability for or in connection with any User Content, Any gear reviews and/or product ratings submitted on the Site, if displayed, are displayed for entertainment and informational purposes only. Under no circumstances will Backcountry.com be liable in any way for any User Content, including but not limited to, any errors or omissions in any User Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any User Content posted, emailed or otherwise transmitted via the Site or Site Services.
If Backcountry.com determines, in our sole and absolute discretion, that you or any User Content you submit violates this Agreement, we reserve the right, at any time, without notice and without limiting any and all other rights Backcountry.com may have under this Agreement, to: (a) refuse to allow you to submit further User Content; (b) remove and delete your User Content; (c) revoke your registration and right to use the User Content Submission Features; and (d) use any technological, legal, operational or other means available to enforce the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, blocking specific IP addresses or deactivating your registration, access to the Site and Site Services using your e-mail address, and your user name and password. Without limiting the foregoing, once User Content is submitted to the Site, Backcountry.com may take any or no action with respect to such User Content, including without limitation, deleting, editing, modifying, rejecting, or refusing to post such User Content, but is under no obligation to offer you the opportunity to edit, delete or otherwise modify User Content once it has been submitted. Backcountry.com shall have no duty to attribute authorship of User Content to you and shall not be obligated to enforce any form of attribution by third parties.
If, despite the foregoing assignment and transfer of rights in the User Content, it is determined that you retain moral rights (including the rights of attribution or integrity) in the User Content, you hereby declare that: (a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the User Content or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; (b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion and exploitation of the User Content by Backcountry.com or its licensees, successors or assigns; (c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of the User Content; and (d) you forever release Backcountry.com, and its licensees, successors and assigns from any claims that you could otherwise assert against Backcountry.com by virtue of any such moral rights.
You are prohibited from violating the security of any system or network compromising the Site or the Site Services, including but not limited to the following: (a) unauthorized access to or use of data, systems, or networks, including any attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site or Site Services or to breach security or authentication measures; (b) unauthorized monitoring of data or traffic on the Site or of the Site Services; (c) interference with the Site or Site Services including without limitation, any type of flooding technique or deliberate attempt to overload the system such as denial or service attacks; (d) forging of a message header or any part of a message header; or (e) using manual or electronic means to avoid any use or access limitation placed on this Site or the Site Services. Such violations may result in criminal or civil liability.
Backcountry.com reserves the right to report any activity or persons that Backcountry.com suspects has violated any law or regulation to appropriate law enforcement officials, regulators, or other appropriate third parties (including the disclosure of appropriate subscriber information). Backcountry.com may also cooperate with appropriate law enforcement agencies to assist in the investigation and prosecution of any illegal conduct. Indirect or attempted violations of this Agreement and actual or attempted violations thereof by a third party on behalf of any user shall be considered violations of this Agreement by such user.
BACKCOUNTRY.COM DOES NOT ENDORSE THE USER CONTENT, IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USER CONTENT AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, PERSONS WHO MAY USE OR RELY ON SUCH USER CONTENT) FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE (WHETHER ACTUAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR OTHERWISE), INJURY, CLAIM, LIABILITY OR OTHER CAUSE OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER BASED UPON OR RESULTING FROM ANY USER CONTENT PROVIDED THROUGH THIS WEB SITE.
Share your thoughts
What do you think of the
The North Face Himalayan Down Parka - Men's
? Share a...
As warm as it gets
Griffin Post
Member since
For any mission where i think it's going to be cold, i make sure to have this as my final line of defense. Yes, it has a pretty price tag, but it's going to be a jacket that you can rock for the next ten years or longer. Expense it over ten years, not one season, and it becomes a bit more bearable.
As for the design flaws, I haven't experienced any of the problems besides a bit fickle of a zipper (maybe i have an updated version?) The zipper can be a bit finicky, particularly when trying to use with mittens.
I'm 5'7", 175lbs. I'm thinking about a...
lgup53569
Member since
I'm 5'7", 175lbs. I'm thinking about a Medium. Anyone out there who has fitted this jacket with the same build?
Jeff Blackston
Member since
Yes, the medium would work well for you.
Griffin Post
Member since
If you haven't already made your purchase, i'm 5'8" and 165 and went with a large.
This parka has serious design flaws.
rolp262151
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
The waterproof zipper is a nightmare to use. It is difficult to impossible to zip it all the way up. (And who needs a waterproof zipper in a coat that has double storm flaps covering the zipper and a shell that is not waterproof ?) I had the zipper replaced with a heavy duty double-pull YKK zipper.
The elastic in the hobo mitts is so tight that it is uncomfortable wheehe worn around the wrist and painful when the thumbs are inserted in the mitts and the elastic is around the hand.
The shoulder insulation that North Face brags about is very ineffective. Just a few minutes in five-degree weather and my shoulders and lower neck were uncomfortably cold.
The hood is poorly designed. It does not encompass the sides of the head very well. It also needs an adjustment in the back to keep the front of the hood off the face.
The North Face needs to reconsider both the design and the construction of this parka. The zipper alone is reason to avoid it.
Investigagte "Canada Goose" parkas.
Many good features with serious flaws
rolp262151
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've used it once or twice and have initial impressions
This parka has serious problems. One is the zipper. It is very difficult to move the slider and impossible to get it to the top.
The elastic in the hobo mits is so tight, it is painful. The "fully adjustable "hood is not. Adjustment is limited to a cord around the front of the hood.
This is a very warm and lightweight parka. I will keep it at least until I can tald with the North Face Warranty people next week.
The zipper slider is very difficult to move and impossible to get to the top. It is equally difficult to start. The elastic in hobo mits is so tight that it is painful.
Super warm
Ray
Member since
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Jacket is incredibly warm. In fact, I usually wear it with just a tshirt as a base layer, and it's still too hot sometimes. And this is in below zero weather! I've worn it down to -25F (-35F windchill) and still quite toasty, though my face was a bit sore from the wind.
I drive a motorcycle wearing a helmet....
Andrew Busa
Member since
I drive a motorcycle wearing a helmet. Does the hood detach or recess enough.
Gone Fishing
Member since
Andrew, the hood is not detachable and could be an issue on a motorcycle IMO.
tnf himilayan parka in action
sco3656860
Member since
so far so good
sco3656860
Member since
Just bought a couple of year old NF himilayan down parka and went snow camping the very first day I bought it. Kept me warm and dry all night in a snowstorm with only a summer sleeping bag. Didn't even need to pull the sleeping bag all the way up ad this jacket is like a sleeping bag for your upper body. The attention to detail on this parka blows me away and I'm sure that nothing else on the market even comes close. People like to knock North Face but I've been using their gear for over 20 years and they make the best expedition gear on the planet for the price. This jacket is huge and I feel a bit silly wearing it in town but in the cold mountains nothing compares. I can't wait to experience winter more fully now that I can be warm and comfortable the worst possible conditions.
No BRAINER
t.n4110176
Member since
Put this parka on and there are no if, and, or buts you are instantly warm and comfortable. At the top of Mammoth skiing while others were freezing on the lift I was toasty, and comfortable. The wind was blowing at 50mph, and I could have flown a kite. To warm for Southern California, I bring it out only for skiing or instant warmth! Worth every cent!
Hot,hot,hot!!
DEON NORTJE
Member since
This parka is super hot on any temp well below freezing. Great stuff North Face!!
When it gets dirty how do I wash and...
D Stones
Member since
When it gets dirty how do I wash and waterproof? Can I use Nikwax Down Wash & Proof?
Peter Kaminski
Member since
That would work. Honestly I'd just use a small amount of a powder detergent, and make sure to give it an extra rinse. This is NOT a waterproof garment, nor does that product actually waterproof the material. For all practical matters - if it's warm enough to be raining, it's much too warm for the Him Parka.
How do i get L-Size in Black ? and if not,...
mookie337
Member since
How do i get L-Size in Black ? and if not, when do i start finding this one?
Josh Chapman
Member since
We are not restocking this jacket any time soon. I recommend contacting The North Face directly. They will either be able to sell you one or direct you to a retailer that still has inventory.
design detail
viz3286080
Member since
Large Red
viz3286080
Member since
Large Red Himalayan Parka, Summit Series. About me: I'm about 6' or 6'1" and weigh about 190-195, and the large fits perfectly.
One Word: Extreme.
viz3286080
Member since
2 things people: 800+ fill power, and GORE WINDSTOPPER. Real 800 fill power. So much so that wearing it will make you look a bit like a weather balloon floating around. But...given North Face's real experience equipping people for the most inhospitable places on Earth, you know this parka is a flagship and the rest are a biiit pretend. ;)
Yah that's all pretty bold, but the first time I saw a Himalayan was in a glass case at the North Face store in Minneapolis- the suit. It literally looked like a Space Suit, made for outer space, let alone terra firma here.
So, there you have it. It's overkill for most situations, but if I ever get trapped in a blizzard in Northern Minnesota with noone else around, I'd bet this parka will see me through to daylight. The clencher for me, is that I got mine, a Large Red, at the local dealer for $372. Given this past Winter in Minnesota, how could I pass it up??
A bit more news: I walked about 5 miles around a frozen lake a few days ago here in Minnesota, 15 degrees F with a decent wind blowing. Some impressions: I had it fully zipped with the hood up and was never too warm with it. It is very light and comfortable to wear (unobtrusive to wear). The hand pockets and silky soft and have down on either wide of your hands, eliminating the need to gloves if need be. I thought it would look slightly funny to wear such a parka, but it actually looks pretty normal, albeit definitely arctic type gear. I've uploaded a couple of photos. Bottomline, it's here to stay in my Winter collection.
Best Jacket Ever
dk83598161
Member since
This jacket is hands down the most expensice jacket I've ever bought. It's also the warmest. I've worn this in negative degree weather, without any layers underneath, and it still felt like a furnace. The monkey hand gloves are awesome. They allow you to take your hands out of your gloves without your hands freezing and the neck zippers up far enough to keep heat from escaping through the collar. My only advice to a would be buyer is to buy it for what it was intended to be used for; frigid outdoor temperatures. It's not the kind of coat you wear to the mall. As far as complaints about it...my only complaint is that it doesn't come in women's sizes. My wife would love one.
Do you have more Large in Red coming this...
Dan Bachman
Member since
Do you have more Large in Red coming this season?
I really want to buy this one. is there...
Sang
Member since
I really want to buy this one. is there any place that i can get SMALL size of this one? I live in duluth, GA
Cory Guru
Member since
Sorry we're sold out of the smalls. Don't see that we are expecting anymore.
mike franks
Member since
Go to NorthFace.com or Altrec.com,REI.com or moosejaw.com and see if they have one...
emm3189554
Member since
I want one in Small as well - I can't find it anywhere on any online shop in US...
How come no Small size?
Nice coat but has some shortcomings
kin3347956
Member since
While I like this coat pretty well, I will point out a couple of things that I have a problem with. There is no doubt in my mind that I could hike the Denali in January with it and stay quite warm, I am going to give a slightly different perspective on it. I spend many long winter nights sitting nearly motionless sometimes with light to moderate breezes as an amateur astronomer. It doesn't take long for the cold to work its way through whatever you are wearing. I have found two issues with this coat. There is not a good balance between the insulation in the sleeves as opposed to the torso. I find my arms feeling the cold well before any place else. If anything a coat needs at least as much insulation in the arms as the body, not less. The biggest problem I have found is the down distribution. The box baffling does a good job keeping the down in place in the back and the chest area however down each side there is a sewn through seam where the front joins the back. There is no down to speak of two inches either side of this seam. If you are holding your arms straight down or your hands are in the pockets, the sleeves cover over this area and everything is fine. If you raise your arms away from your body, which I have to do for extended periods to maneuver my telescope, you will feel the cold almost immediately as it is not much more that two layers of nylon shielding you from the cold. This would be a good area for North Face to sew in a 4 inch strip of their synthetic insulation where the down won't accumulate. This is my only real experience with an expedition grade parka, so maybe they are all this way. I have a Marmot Greenland parka on the way so I will have a good opportunity to see how it compares. I think these are only issues when you use it in the manor I have described of long periods of inactivity. When it is time to pack up and go home, I actually have to take the coat off as I will start to roast in it as I move around. Just a different perspective for everyone to consider amidst all the glowing reviews of this coat.
My son is 5' !0 1/2 and weighs about...
jan3922866
Member since
My son is 5' !0 1/2 and weighs about 170...very fit....WHAT SIZE should I order?
Slamurai
Member since
I am the same exact build and M fits perfectly. Great jacket for the cold I might add.
View all contributions... Be patient, it might take a while.

Darrel Friesen
Member since