User Review: The North Face Mountain Guide Jacket

The North Face Mountain Guide Jacket
Above: The current Mountain Guide Jacket, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed July 15, 1998 by Tim

Rating:
Fabric: 3 Ply Goretex
Price Paid: $650 (Australian)

This is the best jacket I have ever bought. It was an incredibly expensive jacket to purchase as North Face does not stock Australia. It is one of the only brands of jackets with pit zips to let out extra heat. In Australia you have to get pit zips specially tailored into jackets you buy as Gore-tex doesn't endorse it as a waterproof garment if it has pit zips.

I hiked around Uluru Ayer's Rock in Central Australia recently in a huge storm and it kept me perfectly dry and at a comfortable temperature. It has a great series of pockets to store stuff and a skirt to keep snow out when boarding. Hood is generous so you can wear a beany to keep your head warm. Goretex is hard wearing. Nothing to complain about except the price.