The North Face Mountain 25 Tent

The North Face Mountain 25 is a freestanding, double-wall, 4-season expedition tent for two, built around 4 aluminium DAC Featherlite NSL poles (13 mm) and pitched inner-first — the opposite sequence from fly-first shelters, useful when you want to keep the inner dry while assembling in calm conditions, though less ideal in active rain. At 4450 g packed (4000 g minimum, roughly 2225 g per person), it is among the heaviest tents in this range, reflecting its winter/expedition-grade construction rather than any ultralight ambition. The fabric spec backs that up: a 40D silicone-PU fly and a robust 70D PU-coated floor, minimal mesh paneling to retain warmth, a full snow skirt to block drifting snow, and factory-taped seams. The fly's 1500 mm rating is modest on paper but typical for expedition tents designed around wind and snow loading rather than sustained tropical rain. Reflective guylines aid visibility in poor conditions, and two vestibules (1.02 m² combined) provide gear storage without opening the inner tent. This is a tent for winter mountaineering and expedition basecamp use by two people who need a genuinely stable, warm structure in harsh alpine conditions, not a shelter chosen for pack weight.