Welcome to a special Buyer’s Guide installment of Gear Spotlight from FREESKIER. Here, we provide a close-up look at the equipment and accessories that everyone should know about. Can’t get enough gear? Click here to see our entire 2020 Buyer’s Guide.
The North Face Brigandine Jacket
The North Face Brigandine Bib
The North Face (TNF) equates its Brigandine kit as body armor, and it’s an apt comparison. The North Face’s highly publicized FUTURELIGHT is utilized here. Through a special nanospinning process, TNF is able to inject air permeability into its fabric membrane, making it ultra-porous to allow water vapor to escape without compromising waterproofing. The process also gives TNF the ability to adjust weight, stretch, breathability and durability for the specific needs of the garment’s intended activity—in this case, high consequence big-mountain skiing. The North Face Men’s Brigandine kit is TNF’s burliest ski offering and is sure to protect you from anything you encounter in the mountains. Editors’ note: The Brigandine kit is offered in men’s and women’s versions.
The North Face Purist Jacket
The North Face Purist Bib
Built for big days on the skin track, the women’s Purist kit, part of The North Face (TNF) Steep Series, is getting a brand-new update for 2019-20 with the unveiling of TNF’s FUTURELIGHT technology. Through a special nanospinning process, TNF is able to create a membrane that’s air permeable to allow water vapor to escape but remains waterproof. The process also accommodates the tweaking of weight, stretch and durability depending on the intended use of the garment. Whether you’ve got a multi-day approach ahead of you or an extreme amount of vertical to overcome, The North Face Purist Jacket 2020 will adjust to you, keeping you cool or warm, and always dry, in the harshest of high-alpine conditions.
Photography by Bruno Long & Zoya Lynch
